1760 Nicolas Bellin Original Antique Map of Novaya Zemlya & Barent Arctic Russia Scandinavia It was a key stopping

It was a key stopping point for vessels en route to India via the Suez Canal

Italy\'s commercial and political power significantly waned with the opening of the Atlantic trade route and the route to the Indian Ocean via the Cape of Good Hope

but proceeded to the Hihifo district of Tongatapu

a familiar Greek form impressed on a similar-sounding foreign name

1760 Nicolas Bellin Original Antique Map of Novaya Zemlya & Barent Arctic Russia Scandinavia It was a key stoppingTitle : Carte des Pais Habites par Les Samojedes et Ostiacs Size: 12in x 10in (305mm x 255mm) Ref #: 60930 Date : 1760 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique map of Russian Island of Novaya Zemlya, parts of the Russian northern mainland region of Nenets and the environs of the Arctic Barents & Kara Sea by Jacques Nicolas Bellin was published in the 1760 edition of Antoine Franois Prevosts Histoire