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| Keywords: 1772 Vaugondy - Diderot Map of Asia and the Northeast Passage - Geographicus - NordEstAsie-vaugondy-1772.jpg A comparative map of the three conflicting theories on the Northeast Passage the northeast coasts of Asia and the American Northwest The Northeast Passage much like American ™s Northwest Passage was a long sought after sea route through the Arctic that would save European merchantman the expense of rounding Africa in order to access the trade riches of East Asia This map in one of the first obtainable examples of comparative cartography lays out three theories regarding the Northeast of Asia Knowledge of this area was at the time speculative at best Shows many unknown island misshapen representations of Kamtschaka Japan Hokkaido Yesso Alaska and the Behring Archipelago Notes Peking Beijing Nanking Nanjing Corea Korea Jedo Tokyo and Nangasaki Nagasaki This map is part of the 10 map series prepared by Vaugondy for the Supplement to Diderot ™s Encyclopédie of which this is plate 3 This seminal map series exploring the mapping of North American and specifically the Northwest Passage was one of the first studies in comparative cartography 1772 dated Size in 15 12 object history credit line accession number NordEstAsie-vaugondy-1772 Supplement to Diderot's <i>Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences des arts et des métiers </i> Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 Robert de Vaugondy Old maps of Asia Northern Sea Route 1772 maps Old maps of the Arctic Maps of Kamchatka Old maps of the Russian Empire | ||||
