Matérn, Johan Anton von (sold)
Johan Anton von Matérn (October 22, 1683 - December 20, 1764) was a Swedish military officer and cartographer active in the late 17th and first half of the 18th century. Matérn was born in Stockholm. He joined the military sometime around 1704, rapidly raising through the ranks. In 1708 he led a detachment to make maps of Poland, Samogitia and Lithuania. He was captured by Russia forces during the Battle of Perevolotjna (1709) during the During the Great Northern War (1700 - 1721) and, along with Philipp Johann von Strahlenberg (1676 - 1747), sent to Tobolsk, Siberia. He returned to Sweden in 1722. Matérn worked with Strahlenberg to produce a new map of Russia, which the issued in 1730.
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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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)