Digital Image: 1840 Arthus-Bertrand / Levshin Map of Central Asia; Russian Empire
Turkestan-arthusbertrand-1840_d
Title
Carte du pays occupé par les Kirghiz - Kazaks ou Kirghiz - Kaissaks et du Turkestan.
1840 (dated) 20.5 x 26.5 in (52.07 x 67.31 cm) 1 : 4500000
1840 (dated) 20.5 x 26.5 in (52.07 x 67.31 cm) 1 : 4500000
Description
FOR THE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP, WITH HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE.
Digital Map Information
Geographicus maintains an archive of high-resolution rare map scans. We scan our maps at 300 DPI or higher, with newer images being 600 DPI, (either TIFF or JPEG, depending on when the scan was done) which is most cases in suitable for enlargement and printing.
Delivery
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How Large Can I Print?
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Refunds
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Cartographer S
Claude Arthus-Bertrand (1769-1840) was a French army officer during the French Revolution. In the Napoleonic era, he founded a firm (Arthus-Bertrand, 1803 – present) that specializes in producing military medals, decorations, and insignia, often for the French government. Arthus-Bertrand was also an enthusiast of scientific expeditions and founded a publisher to promote them, which became the official editor of the Ministère de la Marine in the 1830s, where it oversaw the publication of the accounts of the 1836 – 1837 Bonite expedition that circumnavigated the globe. More by this mapmaker...
Aleksei Iraklievich Levshin (Алексей Ираклиевич Левшин; 1798 - 1879) was a Russian statesman, historian, writer, and ethnographer. Born to a wealthy family, he studied at the Kharkiv Imperial University and the Collegium of Foreign Affairs, after which he was posted to the Orenburg Border Commission and undertook an intensive study of nearby Central Asian populations in Russia and what is now Kazakhstan, making him a pioneer in the study of Central Asia in Europe. He later took on several government duties and advocated for the emancipation of the serfs. He was also a founding member of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. Learn More...