Independent Tartary

GIBSON, John.

The Appendage to the Maps of the Orenburgh Expedition. No 1. The Provinces in Siberia. No2. As taken by the Russians in 1747.
London, 1753. Coloured. 240 x 500mm.

A rare map showing the routes, with references to the Orenburgh Expedition, an expedition mounted in 1734 for the purpose of building a system of forts on the border with Bashkiria. It was planned by Ivan Kirillovich. Kirilov, chief secretary of the Senate and the leader of the expedition.


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