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Carte des Isles Kouriles, d'après la Carte Russe.
Dressée et Gravée Pour l'Histoire Generale des Voyages
[Amsterdam,
Covens and Mortier,
1779].
Engraved map.
271 by 312mm. (10.75 by 12.25 inches).
15899
notes:
A map of the Kuril Islands by Hendrik Klockhoff (fl.1777-1798), a Dutch engraver active in Amsterdam.
Klockhoff has re-engraved a map prepared by Jacques Nicolas Bellin for the Abbé Prévost's 'Histoire des Voyages', which was in turn based on a larger Dutch map of Russia.
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Klockhoff has re-engraved a map prepared by Jacques Nicolas Bellin for the Abbé Prévost's 'Histoire des Voyages', which was in turn based on a larger Dutch map of Russia.
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