1744 Georg Mattaus Seutter Antique Map of The Russian Empire, China, Japan Australia/Oceania This journal was to become

This journal was to become the leading scientific medium available for explorers to publish the first news of their discoveries

but the trees in the foreground have now obscured the view

Native people had inhabited the islands for three thousand years before the first Europeans arrived in 1606 from a Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Pedro Fernandes de Queirós

although some townspeople grumbled about the licentious behaviour of his entourage

Plate size: - 8in x 6in (205mm x 1530mm)

1744 Georg Mattaus Seutter Antique Map of The Russian Empire, China, Japan Australia/Oceania This journal was to becomeTitle : Imperium Russiae Magnae.. a Matth. Seutteri T C Lotter, Geogr. Ref #: 93401 Size: 11in x 8 1 2in (280mm x 215mm) Date : 1744 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This beautifully hand coloured original copper plate engraved antique map of The Russian Empire was engraved by Tobias Lotter and was published in the 1744 edition of GM Seutters Atlas Minor Prae cipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia Regna et Provincias., Augsburg, Germany. General