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Deutsch: Karte von Karazm Turkestan und Grossen Bukarey zu der Allgemeinen Reisebeschreibung aus den Englischen Schriftstellern., von N. Bellin Ingr. de la Marine 1749.

Leipzig, Merkur 1749 [22,5 x 33,5 cm]

Copper engraving, hand colored in outline and wash. Interesting and decorative antique map of Russia covering the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea with parts of Kazakhstan. Interesting antique map with engraved political borders, rivers, lakes, woods and mountains. A fine detailed and interesting map engraved by Bellin after earlier voyages. Published in the German edition by Schwabe in Leipzig of Bellin's travel books.
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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin  (1703–1772)  wikidata:Q607846 s:fr:Auteur:Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
 
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Jacques Nicolas, Sieur Bellin; Jacques Nicolas Bellin; Nicolas Bellin
Description French cartographer, encyclopédistes, geographer and hydrographer
Date of birth/death 1703 Edit this at Wikidata 21 March 1772 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Versailles
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