1756 J.N. Bellin; Schley, Siberia, Jenisi River, Russia, hand coloured map

Fine large, original copper-plate engraved antique map of Siberia, Eastern Russia after Joseph Nicolas Delisle by Bellin and improved by Kleckhoff. It extends from the White & Caspian Seas in the west to Irkuckoi Province, Jakutky on the Lena River and regions just to the east. It is centered on the Jenisi River.

The map also notes the trip taken by JN Delisle from Moscow to Beryozovo, in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug region to observe the transit of Venus in 1740.

Jacques Nicolas Delisle was invited by Peter the Great to survey the vast empire of Imperial Russia. Initially accompanied by his step-brother Louis, in 1726 the two Parisians journeyed to Russia (now under the reign of Catherine I) to start their surveys.