PLAN DES SALINES D'JLEZKI

by Tardieu, Pierre

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Published in Peter Pallas' "Voyage à travers l'Empire Russe", , 1788. 7-1/2" x 101/4"- 19 x 26 cm. . Copper engraved map. Light crease lower right corner & lower margin ragged (not visible when matted), else very good. Peter Simon Pallas was a zoologist who at the invitation of Catherine II went to teach at the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. While in Russia he travelled to Siberia to collect natural history specimens. The map shows the fortress at Sol-Iletsk along with waterways and salt flats.