Sujet

Geognostic Map of the Localities of Irkutsk, Verkholensk, and Balagansk Districts, 1873. Creator: Siberian Branch of the Russian Geographic Society.

Légende

Geognostic Map of the Localities of Irkutsk, Verkholensk, and Balagansk Districts, 1873. The first geological (geognostic) maps in Russia were produced in the 1850s. This map of the Irkutsk region was published by the Siberian Department of the Imperial Russian Geographic Society under the leadership of Academician F.B. Schmidt. It shows the location of mines and minerals, caves, gaps, salt deposits, springs, landslides, and patterns of freezing on Lake Baikal. The colors denote different types of rock.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM24A00_115

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

373,1Mo (13,5Mo) / 109,6cm x 85,3cm / 12946 x 10073 (300dpi)

Mots clés

library historical cave map industry country lake science geology geological spring geography color industrial mining caves location century mineral minerals mines mine Russia Russian cartography salt concept legend Siberia Library of Congress russian federation Lake Baikal Colour 19th century Cyrillic 1870s landslide nineteenth century Irkutsk history historic geographical feature map-making Rossiya TGN map Mapmaking Russian State Library Congressional Library baikal Heritage Art 19th-century cartographic Meeting of Frontiers rift lake Siberian Branch of the Russian Geographic Society