The European Part of the Russian Empire, From Maps Published by the Imperial Academy… - The Asiatic Part of the Russian Em

Highly detailed map of the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th Century, by William Faden.

The map extends from the North Sea and the Black Sea eastward as far as Siberia and the Behring Strait. The map reaches south to China and the Aral Sea and north to include the island of Nova Zembla and the Arctic.

It is without question one of the best and most detailed maps of the whole of Imperial Russia to appear in a Commercial atlas in the late 18th Century.

Map taken from "Kitchin's General Atlas, describing the Whole Universe" by Thomas Kitchin: being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented from the last edition of D'Anville and Robert with many improvements by other eminent geographers, engraved on Sixty-Two plates, comprising Thirty Seven maps., Laurie & Whittle, London, 1797.

Etching with original outline colour, very good condition.