1757 Robert De Vaugondy Large Antique Map of the Russian Empire - Poland to Asia South America Captain Carteret and Captain Cook

1757 Robert De Vaugondy Large Antique Map of the Russian Empire Poland to Asia South America Captain Carteret and Captain Cook Captain Carteret and Captain Cook (from 1702 to 1771) drawn up from the Journals Homer is the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey It is scarcely necessary to look at a map of Russia with which we must include Siberia to visualize the daunting task facing Russian map makers This large magnificent hand coloured original copper plate engraved antique map of The Russian Empire stretching from Poland to Central Asia by Robert De Vaugondy was published in the 1757 edition of De Vaugondys famous The Atlas Universel