Complex and detailed map of northeast Asia, showing settlements, geographical features, and many overlapping regions, provinces and countries. The northern coastline shows a very indefinite, oversized Nova Zemlya and a conjectural eastern peninsula. Hokkaido is attached to both Sakhalin Island and to the mainland. A portion of the mythical Company’s Land remains to the East. As noted bottom left, this is a later state of the map, showing the border between Russian and Ottoman territories after 1739. The map is dedicated to the Russian czarina, Anna Ivanovna. |