Frisch, Philipp Jacob (sold)
Philipp Jacob Frisch (1702 - December 4, 1753) was a German lawyer, painter, and map engraver based in Berlin. Frisch was the son of the ornithologist and linguist Johann Leonard Frisch. He studied painting under Samuel Gottlieb Hanrich and Wilhelm Busch. Frisch had two brothers, the Protestant priest Just Leopold Frisch, and fellow engraver, Ferdinand Helfreich Frisch. The family is best known for their production of a large and graphic book about the birds and insects of Germany, begun by Johann Leonard, but completed by his sons, and grandson, the painter Johann Christoph Frisch. Philipp Jacob Frisch also engraved Strahlenberg's 1730 map of Russia.
The most important map of the Northeast Passage and pre-Behring map of the NE Asian Arctic.
Nova Descriptio Geographica Tattariae Magnae Tam Orientalis Quam Occidentalis In Particularibus Et Generalibus Territoriis Una Cum Delineatione Totius Imperii Russici Imprimis Siberiae Accurate Ostensa.
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- DPI: 600
- File Size: 71.2 MB
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A cartographic masterpiece defined by imprisonment, war, and obsession. This is the first edition of Philipp Johann von Strahlenberg's 1730 map of Russia and Siberia. Strahlenberg's expansive map is considered one of the largest, most groundbreaking, and unique maps of Russia to appear in the first half of the 18th century. It is of particular importance to the mapping of Siberia and the Russian Arctic, to establishing expectations for the viability of a Northeast Passage, and to the pre-Bering mapping of the Bering Strait. (more details)