Russia, Mongolia, China: Being Some Record of the Relations Between Them from the Beginning of the 17th Century to the Death of the Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, A.d. 1602-1676

REPRINT. Special Description Note- This is not a print on demand edition. Care has been taken to enhance and improve the original text whenever possible. Martino Publishing follows the standards of traditional printing and quality is a primary concern . We distinguish ourselves from Print on Demand by our quality controls, paper quality and binding quality. Hardbound. Quarto. 2 volumes bound in one, 16 + CCCLXVI p., 22 maps and 3 plates printed separately, Illustrations in the text and genealogical tables; XII +448 p., 3 pl. and 5 maps printed separately and other illustrations. Macmillan & Company, 1919. Reprint of this rare work, issued in two volumes in 1919 in an edition of only 250 copies. The most interesting part of the book is the Geographical Introduction (119 p.) which retraces the whole development of our knowledge of N. Asia, special emphasis being laid on the maps and the history of cartography. Most of the ancient maps are minutely described and analyzed, critically compared and splendidly reproduced. One cannot praise too much these excellent reproductions. A first chapter takes us rapidly from the earliest times to the GODUNOFF map. These earliest maps are not reproduced, but the information which they offer on N. Asia is briefly analysed. After a few short paragraphs devoted to antiquity, the Dark Ages, the Orient and the early relations between South Russia and Siberia (relations clearly proven by the analogies between Siberian and Scythian art), Mr. BADDELEY treats in detail most of the important maps of the period including those of Godunoff, Remezoff, Ramusio, Jenkinson, Schleissing, Witzens, Marino Sanuto, Edrisi, the Catalan Map, Borgian Map, Leardus, Fra Mauro, Behaim, Waldseemuller, Agnese, Wied, Isaac Massa, Gerritszoon, Mercator, Sanson. Tile total result of thisanalysis (vol. I, p. CXI) is very impressive treatment of the cartography of the region. One of the appendices includes a bibliography on the subject. Very rare.