NIKOLAYEVSK AND THE PLATEAU AND HIGHLANDS OF EAST SIBERIA ,Siberia,Asiatic Russia,Antique Map

1890s HISTORICAL MAP CHART SHOWING TERRAIN, TOPOGRAPHY, ENVIRONS MARKING HEIGHTS

Nikolayevsk-on-Amur (often transliterated directly as Nikolayevsk-na-Amure) is a town in Russia and the administrative center of Nikolayevsky District, Khabarovsk Krai. The town is located 80 km from the place where Amur River inflows into the Amur estuary, 977 km from Khabarovsk. The area of the town was originally a part of imperial China and consisted of the town of Miàojie. After China lost the Second Opium War, the area was ceded to Russia under the 1858 Treaty of Aigun and 1860 Beijing Treaty. Nikolayevsky Post was founded by Gennady Nevelskoy on August 13, 1850. It was granted a town status and renamed Nikolayevsk-on-Amur in 1856, when Primorskaya Oblast was established. At that time, Nikolayevsk-on-Amur was the administrative center of Primorskaya Oblast (until 1880) and the largest port in the Russian Far East. Japanese explorer Mamiya Rinzo decribes a town he calls Fuyori in his writings of early 19th century, which is apparently at the location of current Nikolayevsk-on-Amur. He describes a visit to a Manchu coastal town on the left side of the mouth of the Amur River during his expeditions in the Sakhalin island area (Karafuto in Japanese). The city was at the time (before the Treaty of Aigun) in the northeastern part of the Chinese province of Heilongjiang (Hulun in Manchu).

1890s Wood Engraving, Antique Map

Approximate Overall Size: 7 X 10 1/2 inches

CONDITION: Book Plate INTEXT MAP - Excellent Condition. Beautiful with excellent detail. There is Text on Front and Back Side.