Sunda Strait Published 1815 SOLD!

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Carte Du Detroit De La Sonde par le Capitaine de KRUSENSTEIN de la Marine Imperiale Russe A nautical chart of the Sunda Strait ("Detroit de la Sonde"), a narrow waterway connecting the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean. Includes the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java. Charted by Captain Krusenstern of the Russian Imperial Navy

Copper plate engraved by Adam Johann von Krusenstern for April 30th 1815 by J. Gold, Navel Chronicle Office, 103, Shoe Lane London

Approx engraved area: 5.25" x 8.5" (135mm x 215mm)

Good conditionsome age tone

Notes: Adam Johann von Krusenstern, also known in his Russian name as Ivan Fyodorovich Krusenstern, was captain and then admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy.