"Carte de Sibirie".
Map of Siberia and the Arctic Ocean.
Siberia is a region in Northern Asia, bounded by the Ural Mountains, the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. Mostly located in Russia and making up its Asian part. It is divided into Western and Eastern.
The Arctic Ocean (Hyperborean, Scythian, Tartarian) is the smallest ocean on Earth in terms of area and depth. Located in the northern hemisphere, beyond the Arctic Circle in the center of the Arctic between Eurasia and North America. It consists of six seas: Barents, White, Kara, East Siberian, Laptev and Chukotka. The ocean area is 14.75 million km², the volume of water is 18.07 million km³.
Technique, Material: copper engraving / Paper
Artist, Engraver: direxit Augustin Francois Lemaitre
Date: "Histoire et description de tous les peoples", Paris, 1838.
Size: 13 х 21 cm.