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Map General'nai︠a︡ karta Irkutskoĭ gubernii, soderzhashchai︠a︡ v sebe Irkutskui︠u︡, I︠A︡kutskui︠u︡ i Udinskui︠u︡ provint︠s︡ii. Генеральная карта Иркутской губернии, содержащая в себе Иркутскую, Якутскую и Удинскую провинции.

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Title

  • General'nai︠a︡ karta Irkutskoĭ gubernii, soderzhashchai︠a︡ v sebe Irkutskui︠u︡, I︠A︡kutskui︠u︡ i Udinskui︠u︡ provint︠s︡ii.

Other Title

  • Генеральная карта Иркутской губернии, содержащая в себе Иркутскую, Якутскую и Удинскую провинции.

Translated Title

  • General Map of Irkutsk Province, Self-Compiled in Irkutsk, Yakutsk, and Udinsk Provinces.

Summary

  • This multi-colored, hand-colored map of eastern Siberia shows the state of geographic knowledge at the beginning of the last quarter of the 18th century. The geographic grid and the mapping of the rivers are well-executed. Sakhalin Island is shown, but is poorly mapped. The work is by Johann Treskot (1721-86), a cartographer at the Geographical Department of the Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg, who compiled many of the maps published by the academy from the 1740s to the 1780s. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Treskot, Johann, 1719-1786 , cartographer.

Created / Published

  • Saint Petersburg, Russia : [publisher not identified], 1776.

Headings

  • -  maps
  • -  Russia
  • -  Siberia
  • -  Far East
  • -  Irkutsk province
  • -  Iakutsk province (Yakutsk)
  • -  Udinsk province
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  Buryatia, Republic of
  • -  Irkutsk Oblast
  • -  Sakha (Yakutiya) Republic

Notes

  • -  Setka geograficheskikh koordinat.
  • -  Gidrografii︠a︡ - podrobnai︠a︡.
  • -  Original map at: Russian State Library
  • -  Сетка географических координат.
  • -  Гидрография - подробная.

Medium

  • 1 hand colored, engraved map.

Source Collection

  • Maps from the Russian State Library

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018694064

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Treskot, Johann, , Cartographer. General'nai︠a︡ karta Irkutskoĭ gubernii, soderzhashchai︠a︡ v sebe Irkutskui︠u︡, I︠A︡kutskui︠u︡ i Udinskui︠u︡ provint︠s︡ii. [Saint Petersburg, Russia: publisher not identified, 1776] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018694064/.

APA citation style:

Treskot, J. (1776) General'nai︠a︡ karta Irkutskoĭ gubernii, soderzhashchai︠a︡ v sebe Irkutskui︠u︡, I︠A︡kutskui︠u︡ i Udinskui︠u︡ provint︠s︡ii. [Saint Petersburg, Russia: publisher not identified] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018694064/.

MLA citation style:

Treskot, Johann, , Cartographer. General'nai︠a︡ karta Irkutskoĭ gubernii, soderzhashchai︠a︡ v sebe Irkutskui︠u︡, I︠A︡kutskui︠u︡ i Udinskui︠u︡ provint︠s︡ii. [Saint Petersburg, Russia: publisher not identified, 1776] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018694064/>.