{"id":4017,"date":"2020-04-29T10:38:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bookhistory2020\/?p=4017"},"modified":"2020-05-04T04:08:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T08:08:29","slug":"to-travel-you-need-______","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bookhistory2020\/2020\/04\/29\/to-travel-you-need-______\/","title":{"rendered":"To travel, you need ______."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Figure 1. Folded map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maps.\u00a0<\/strong>In\u00a0Voyage en Pologne, Russie, Su\u00e8de, Dannemarc, &c.,\u00a0<\/em>maps are the majority of the book\u2019s illustrations. Most maps are larger than the page\u2019s size so that they will be folded into pages.<\/p>\n

We can see from Figure 1. that there is a difference in color between the page and the map. The color difference is because the maps\u2019 paper is thicker and thus more durable, making the maps be able to withstand multiples uses and possible damage.<\/p>\n

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Figure 2. The map of the Caspian Sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Looking more closing, I think this illustration, a map of the Caspian Sea, is engraved on copperplates as the lines are refined, and there are imprints on the edge of the map. From the map, we can see that the designer of this map, most possibly a he, has carefully taken care of the details. The designer chose different kinds of typefaces to help the readers navigate through various geographic features, and he also used lines to indicate lakes, mountains, lands, etc. On the bottom of the map\u2019s name, \u201cCarte de la Mer Caspienne (the map of the\u00a0Caspian Sea),\u201d we can find two units of measure, the English one and the Russian one with ways of converting them to the French one. Since this is a French translation of the English copy, the French measurement is expected. The Russian one indicates something else. First of all, the Caspian Sea is a large landlocked salt lake that is bounded by Russia and other central Asia or Middle East countries. Moreover, the Russian measuring unit tells us about the potential audience who is familiar with it. The fact that readers who adopt Russian measurement will read this French version, again shows the influence of French and France in the eighteenth-century, as I mentioned in the last blog.<\/p>\n

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Figure 3. The map of the canal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unfortunately, there are no names to give credit for the map of the Caspian Sea. Another bigger map in the later chapter, the map\/plan of Canal Wischnei-Wolotscheok, has a line on the lower right corner read \u201cClausner Sc. Lug.\u201d I think \u201cClausner\u201d may be the printer\u2019s surname or the owner of the printing shop. We can tell that the two maps are printed and\/or designed in different places since the second one\u2019s paper color is more yellowish, and the reading aids are various: the route of the canal has compasses on it to mark the direction.<\/p>\n

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Figure 4. The map of Sweden’s southern provinces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Figure 5. Detail of the Sweden map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Another one, the map of Sweden\u2019s southern provinces, has marked \u201cby Thomas Kitchin, Hydrographer of S.M.B.\u201d (seeing from Figure 4. and 5.). From the style of the map, I think this one and the Caspian Sea one might be printed in the same print shop. There are also illustrations besides maps, like portraits that show the local cultural activity or manners.<\/p>\n

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Figure 6. Sir and Madam of Sweden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Previous blogs<\/strong> about\u00a0Voyage en Pologne, Russie, Su\u00e8de, Dannemarc, &c.:<\/em><\/p>\n

1\u00a0Brief Introduction:\u00a0\u201cBoats against the current\u201d: Discovering Northern Europe and Asia<\/a><\/p>\n

2.1 Origins:\u00a0Dive deeper into the origins: a lifelong career of two passionate travelers<\/a><\/p>\n

2.2 Additions:\u00a0What else besides the content?<\/a><\/p>\n

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Want to read more?<\/strong> Here are other blogs about Voyage en Pologne, Russie, Su\u00e8de, Dannemarc, &c<\/em>:<\/p>\n

3 Afterlives:\u00a0I found it on the Google books<\/a><\/p>\n

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Maps.\u00a0In\u00a0Voyage en Pologne, Russie, Su\u00e8de, Dannemarc, &c.,\u00a0maps are the majority of the book\u2019s illustrations. Most maps are larger than the page\u2019s size so that they will be folded into pages. We can see from Figure 1. that there is a difference in color between the page and the map. The color difference is because the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9341,"featured_media":4021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[499941,500431],"tags":[399588],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9341"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4017"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4133,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4017\/revisions\/4133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}