COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
3687800354482F
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3687800354482F
Barcode
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Title:
Tiré du voiage de la Chine du Pere Avril Jesuite.
title
Tiré du voiage de la Chine du Pere Avril Jesuite.
Title
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Other Title:
Tiré du voyage de la Chine du Pére Avril Jésuite
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Tiré du voyage de la Chine du Pére Avril Jésuite
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Category:
General Maps
category
General Maps
Category
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Type:
Manuscript
type
Manuscript
Type
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Language:
French
language
French
Language
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Create Year:
[173-]
date
[173-]
Create Year
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Scale:
Scale indeterminable.
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Scale indeterminable.
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
31 x 39 cm, on sheet 36 x 44 cm
obj_height_cm
31 x 39 cm, on sheet 36 x 44 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
This is very heavily annotated map with the travels of the French Jesuit Philippe Avril (1654-1698), sent to discover a safe overland route to China through Siberia. Leaving France, Avril arrived in the Middle East, and then traveled through Persia, the Caspian Sea, and the Volga to Moscow. He considered crossing Russian Siberia to the Chinese border next, but the Tsarist government, determined to deny foreigners access to, as well as knowledge of, his growing Asian empire blocked his route. Despite this setback, after his return to France, Avril published a report of great importance for the geographical knowledge of his time. He gave a scrupulous account of the countries he crossed; moreover, he was among the first to distinguish central Asia from northern Asia. For Westerners, the book by April provided one of the first descriptions of the geography and people of Siberia, and the various routes to China used by Russian merchants and explorers. Although he did not cross the Great Tartary himself, Avril painted a part of Asia little known to Westerners until then.
note
This is very heavily annotated map with the travels of the French Jesuit Philippe Avril (1654-1698), sent to discover a safe overland route to China through Siberia. Leaving France, Avril arrived in the Middle East, and then traveled through Persia, the Caspian Sea, and the Volga to Moscow. He considered crossing Russian Siberia to the Chinese border next, but the Tsarist government, determined to deny foreigners access to, as well as knowledge of, his growing Asian empire blocked his route. Despite this setback, after his return to France, Avril published a report of great importance for the geographical knowledge of his time. He gave a scrupulous account of the countries he crossed; moreover, he was among the first to distinguish central Asia from northern Asia. For Westerners, the book by April provided one of the first descriptions of the geography and people of Siberia, and the various routes to China used by Russian merchants and explorers. Although he did not cross the Great Tartary himself, Avril painted a part of Asia little known to Westerners until then.
Note
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Note:
Original is a manuscript map.
note
Original is a manuscript map.
Note
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Note:
Vertical scale line on the right upper corner of the map.
note
Vertical scale line on the right upper corner of the map.
Note
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Subject:
Travel
subject
Travel
Subject
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Geographic Area:
Asia
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Asia
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Mongolia
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Mongolia
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Russia
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Russia
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
China
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China
Geographic Area
false
Provenance:
Archives Nationales de France
source
Archives Nationales de France
Provenance
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Provenance Call No.:
MAP/6JJ/74/A/20
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MAP/6JJ/74/A/20
Provenance Call No.
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MUST holding:
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