Scale [ca 1:7 000 000] ; 1 map : manuscript, col. ; 90x194, on sheet 94x197 cm ; Map presents a currently little-known episode of his life - the escape on a Russian ship St Peter and Paul from Kamtchatka, through regions of the northern Pacific to a Portugese port in Macao ; The map was supposed to he part of Beniowski's diary entitled Journal de son Voyage par Mer depuis la presqu'ile de Kamtchatka jusqu'a Canton dans la Chine ; the diary was first edited in 1790 in Memoirs and Travel of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky ; The map was dedicated to the Duke d'Aiguillon, french minister of foreign affairs and was handed over by Beniowski to the minister in 1772 ; Prime meridian Paris ; The RCIN repository presents a map in the state before and after conservation and restoration ; Citied in: M. Bandzo-Antkowiak, 2013. Maurycy August Beniowski - confabulator or discoverer. Map of his journey found. Geographia Polonica vol 86, iss. 2, p. 171-173
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Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund
Jun 2, 2023
May 23, 2014
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https://rcin.org.pl/publication/60295
Sotzmann, Daniel Fridrich (1754–1840)
Beniowski, Maurycy August (1746–1786) Forster, Johann Georg Adam (1754–1794) Dyck, Johann Gottfried (1750–1815)