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Map Details:hand colored engravingCondition: professionally conserved, good condition, original hand colored outlinesDimensions: 21 1/2" x 19 1/2"Description:This edition of A Map of Asia With Its Principal Divisions by J. Palaret, with several Additions & Improvements by L. Delarochette is not dated explicitly but may be dated in part by reliance on the dated historic voyages of exploration shown on the finely engraved, hand colored map. We learn by reading the map that in 1747 "About 7 leagues North East of Cape de Espiritu Santo 1 July 1747 Admiral Anson took the Acapulco Ship Value 350,000 Pounds." That is the most recent dated event. The map notes an earlier event "Land Seen by Mr. Tchrikoiv nearing Berring Island where he was cast away and died" in 1741. Exploration of the Frozen Ocean in 1648 by the Russian Ships that predates the English Arctic explorations is noted. The map is definitively dated by reference to the atlas c. 1755 in which it appears. Please see below. The purpose of the… Read More