Map of the “Lands of the Tsar and Emperor of Russia between Europe and Asia with the road from Moscow to Beijing”

Map of the “Lands of the Tsar and Emperor of Russia between Europe and Asia with

based on the map of Nicolas Witsen 1690, depicting a scene of the reception of the Ysbrants Ides’s Russian mission 1692–1695 by the Chinese mperor Kangxi

Paris. 1704–1720

Paper; etching, watercolour

Photo: S. Suyetova

Музей: 

© State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Magazine issue : 
#2 2022 (75)
Автор статьи: 

Maria Menshikova

Статья: 

On Certain Official Precious and Rare Gifts to the Russian Emperor Peter I from the Chinese Kangxi Emperor