Bilder Antoine François Prévost (1697–1763) – Map of Captain Behring's Passage from Kamtschatka (Siberia) to Alaska – Engraving (Circa 1753)

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This engraving is a map detailing the Bering Strait region, showing the eastern part of Siberia (Tschoktschi, Kamtschatka) and the western coast of Alaska ("Country of Klots-Koi"). It illustrates the route of the Second Kamchatka Expedition, as noted in the decorative cartouche. The map was published in Volume 11 of the monumental 18th-century travel collection, Histoire Générale des Voyages.

Antoine François Prévost, commonly known as Abbé Prévost, was a French author and historian. While famous for his novel Manon Lescaut, he is also renowned for compiling and editing the massive multi-volume work Histoire Générale des Voyages, which documented global exploration and was celebrated for its detailed maps and illustrations.

Artist or Maker: Antoine François Prévost

Dimensions: Approximately 21 cm x 26 cm

Medium: Engraving

Date: Circa 1753

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