Fragment of a map published ~250 years ago.
The
Caspian Sea is called the Dead Sea.
Samandar - the capital of the
Khazars - is still alive and well and is located here.
Below is another bonus: part of the mainland instead of the
Aleutian Islands.
Source:
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3201bm.gct00313/?sp=5&r=0.413,0.057,0.258,0.155,0
In place of the Aleutian Islands - the American shelf has not yet sunk:
Contributor Names:
Buache, Philippe, 1700-1773.
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726.
Created / Published:
À Paris : sur le Quay de l'Horlage, [1757]
Notes:
- "Présentées au Roi le 15 mai 1757".
- Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- LC copy imperfect: map titled "Planisphere physique, où l'on voit du pole septentrional ce que l'on connoît de terres et de mers ... vigies" removed and cataloged separately.
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