Avril, Philippe
Philippe Avril (September 16, 1654 - c. 1698) was a French Jesuit missionary and an explorer. Born in Angoulême, France, his early life and education are not known. When the Jesuit order sent him to China, he had been serving in Paris as a professor of philosophy and mathematics. Verbiest, already posted to China, had sent instructions for Avril to follow a land route to join him. This resulted in a six-year journey along the Silk Road: he passed through Armenia (in 1685), then Astrakhan, Kurdistan, and Persia on his odyssey. His travels took him to Moscow, and then a detour: he was refused passage through Tartary, and was sent by Russia to Poland. He attempted China again, but his ship was lost at sea in 1698, and he never reached China.
Rare Glimpse of the Efforts to Comprehend Northeastern Asia.
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This large, beautiful, and rare map of the Russian Empire, engraved by Nicolas de Fer and published in 1722, is a fascinating revision of Nicolas Witsen's 1687 map of the Tatar Empire and Siberia. It incorporates the novel reports of Evert Ysbrandzoon Ides - derived from his journeys between Moscow and China - as well as the Central Asian voyage of Philippe Avril. (more details)