This 1758 copperplate chart by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin depicts Novaya Zemlya ('Nouvelle Zemble') and the northern Arctic coastline of Russia, designated as the land of the Samoyeds ('Pays des Samoiedes'). Created for Abbé Prévost's monumental publication Histoire Générale des Voyages, the chart incorporates knowledge gained from early Russian cartographic surveys and Dutch Arctic expeditions, including references to Willem Barentsz's wintering place of 1596. Visual highlights include two prominent compass rosettes with intersecting rhumb lines spanning the Arctic Ocean, framing the detailed mapping of the Kara Sea and the mouth of the Ob River ('Golphe de L'Oby'). The upper left quadrant is anchored by an ornate Rococo style cartouche featuring shellwork and scrolling foliage.