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1792 Wilkinson Map of the Russian Empire
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Title
A New and Accurate Map of the Russian Empire 1792.
1792 (dated) 8.5 x 11.5 in (21.59 x 29.21 cm) 1 : 29000000
1792 (dated) 8.5 x 11.5 in (21.59 x 29.21 cm) 1 : 29000000
Description
This is a scarce and beautiful 1792 map of the Russian Empire by Robert Wilkinson. It covers the lands claimed by Tsarist Russia from the Black and Baltic Seas fully across Asia to the Bearing Strait and the Peninsula of Kamchatka, and from the Arctic Ocean to Chinese Tartary and the Caspian Sea. In addition to cities and provinces, this map notes geographical features including mountains, rivers, plains, swamps and forests. Displays the river systems of Siberia and central Russia with surprising accuracy and detail.
This map is most interesting in its extreme eastern portions, which, when this map was drawn, had only recently been explored. The explorations of Vitus Behring are very much in evidence with regard to the form of Kamchatka and the extreme northeast of Siberia. Hokkaido appears as Matmay. Identifies Behring Island off the coast of Kamchatka, where the great Arctic navigator ultimately met his doom.
This map was engraved by Thomas Conder and issued as plate no. 6 in the 1792 edition of Robert Wilkinson's General Atlas.
This map is most interesting in its extreme eastern portions, which, when this map was drawn, had only recently been explored. The explorations of Vitus Behring are very much in evidence with regard to the form of Kamchatka and the extreme northeast of Siberia. Hokkaido appears as Matmay. Identifies Behring Island off the coast of Kamchatka, where the great Arctic navigator ultimately met his doom.
This map was engraved by Thomas Conder and issued as plate no. 6 in the 1792 edition of Robert Wilkinson's General Atlas.
CartographerS
Robert Wilkinson (fl. c. 1758 - 1825) was a London based map and atlas publisher active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Most of Wilkinson's maps were derived from the earlier work of John Bowles, one of the preeminent English map publishers of the 18th century. Wilkinson's acquired the Bowles map plate library following that cartographer's death in 1779. Wilkinson updated and retooled the Bowles plates over several years until, in 1794, he issued his first fully original atlas, The General Atlas of the World. This popular atlas was profitably reissued in numerous editions until about 1825 when Wilkinson died. In the course of his nearly 45 years in the map and print trade, Wilkinson issued also published numerous independently issued large format wall, case, and folding maps. Wilkinson's core cartographic corpus includes Bowen and Kitchin's Large English Atlas (1785), Speer's West Indies (1796), Atlas Classica (1797), and the General Atlas of the World (1794, 1802, and 1809), as well as independent issue maps of New Holland (1820), and North America ( 1823). Wilkinson's offices were based at no. 58 Cornhill, London form 1792 to 1816, following which he relocated to 125 Frenchurch Street, also in London, where he remained until 1823. Following his 1825 death, Wilkinson's business and map plates were acquired by William Darton, an innovative map publisher who reissued the General Atlas with his own imprint well into the 19th century. More by this mapmaker...
Thomas Conder (1747 - June 1831) was an English map engraver and bookseller active in London during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. From his shop at 30 Bucklersbury, London, Conder produced a large corpus of maps and charts, usually in conjunction with other publishers of his day, including Wilkinson, Moore, Kitchin, and Walpole. Unfortunately few biographical facts regarding Conder's life have survived. Thomas Conder was succeeded by his son Josiah Conder who, despite being severely blinded by smallpox, followed in his father's footsteps as a bookseller and author of some renown. Learn More...
Source
Wilkinson, R., A General Atlas being A Collection of Maps of the World and Quarters the Principal Empires, Kingdoms, etc. with their several Provinces, and other Subdivisions, Correctly Delineated, (London) 1792.
Condition
Very good. Original platemark visible. Blank on verso.