Les Samojedes et Ostiacs Italia and made it to the

and made it to the “Western Sea”

He also was a talented illustrator who made this elaborate pictorial map showing the scenes and history of the city

but this map by Wallingford is one that helped start the whole genre of whimsical perspectival maps

A fascinating perspective

Les Samojedes et Ostiacs Italia and made it to theCartes Des Pais Habites par Les Samojedes Et Ostiacs A fine copperplate engraving of the far northern reaches of Russia as it was then the indigenous lands of the native Samoyeds and Ostiacs. Notes numerous placenames and tackles the complex hydrography of the area. Conditon is good is some offsetting. Image size is 7 X 9. 75.