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Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the Russia and Eastern Europe category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1730 Seutter Map of Southern Russia and Ukraine

350.00 USD — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 16:37:00 +0000

This is an attractive 1730 map of southern Russia and Ukraine by the important Augsburg map publisher Georg Matthaus Seutter. It depicts from Novgorod south to Lutik and east as far as Kokchaga. Includes towns, roads rivers, lakes, mountains, forests and other details. Shows Moscow, Kiev and other major cities in the region. This is a beautiful example of Robert de Vaugondy's map of the Russian Empire or Eastern Russia. It map extends from the Kara Sea and the Province of Narimskoy in Siberia east as far as Kamchatka and the Bering Sea and and south as far as the Gobi Desert and Tartary. If offers excellent detail throughout showing mountains, rivers, forests, national boundaries, regional boundaries and cities. This is a fine example of Thomas Ewing's 1845 map of European Russia. It depicts the European portions of Russia from the Arctic Sea south to the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, and extending west as far as Poland and east as far as Orenburg and Perm, inclusive of the Ukraine. Various towns, rivers, cities, mountains and several other topographical details are noted with relief shown by hachure. A very attractive 1729 map of Asia and Tartary by the Dutch cartographer Pieter van der Aa. Pieter's (or Pierre) map covers from the Black Sea to Korea and from Nova Zembla south as far as Lhasa and Lahor. Although Van der Aa's maps are not known for their originality, they are highly admired for their fine engraving and overall presentation. Here Vander all embraces many of the apocryphal conventions associated with the mapping of Asia in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This is a fine 1752 map of the southern part of European Russia by Robert de Vaugondy. It covers from Moscow south to Georgia and from Poland east to the Volga River, including Crimea and Ukraine. An inset of Serbia is included in the lower right quadrant. This extremely detailed map notes important cities, towns, rivers, mountains, roads and a host of additional topographic features. A beautifully engraved title cartouche adorns the top left quadrant of the map. This is a fine 1753 map of northern European Russia by Robert de Vaugondy. It covers the northwestern part of Russia from the Gulf of Finland east to the Ural Mountains and from Finland south to Moscow, including modern day Estonia, Latvia and Finland. This extremely detailed map notes important cities, towns, rivers, mountains, roads and a host of additional topographic features. The Ural Mountains are identified here as ' Monts Payas'. This is a fine example of S. A. Mitchell's 1846 map of Russia. The whole is engraved in Mitchell's distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. Political and topographical features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure. Mitchell's map covers European Russia from the Baltic to the Ural Mountains and from Lapland to the Crimea. An inset table in the lower right quadrant lists the regional governments of Russia. This is a scarce and beautiful 1792 map of the Russian Empire by Robert Wilkinson. It covers the lands claimed by Tsarist Russia from the Black and Baltic Seas fully across Asia to the Bearing Strait and the Peninsula of Kamchatka, and from the Arctic Ocean to Chinese Tartary and the Caspian Sea. In addition to cities and provinces, this map notes geographical features including mountains, rivers, plains, swamps and forests. This is a fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1844 map of European Russia. It depicts the European portions of Russia from the Arctic Sea south to the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, and extending west as far as Poland and east as far as Orenburg and Perm, inclusive of the Ukraine. Various towns, rivers, cities, mountains and several other topographical details are noted with relief shown by hachure. This is a lovely map of European Russia dating to 1849 by Joseph Meyer. It covers the European portions of Russia from the Gulf of Bothnia to the Ural Mountains and from the Arctic south as far as the Black Sea. The modern day nations of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland are included. Throughout, the map identifies various cities, towns, rivers and assortment of additional topographical details. Two insets detailing the cities of Moscow and St. This is a scarce 1852 map of the Black Sea and adjacent regions by Joseph Meyer. Centered on the Black Sea, the map focuses on the area immediately surrounding it. Includes parts of what is modern day Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran and Russia. The map is color coded to show Russian, Austrian, Turkish and Persian territories. The map notes numerous cities, rivers, mountain ranges and other topographical features. This is an attractive 1952 map of Russia in Asia by Joseph Meyer. It covers the Russian Empire in Asia east from the Ural Mountains as far as Kamchatka and Alaska, including parts of the Chinese Empire and European Russia. Throughout, the map identifies cities, towns, rivers and assortment of additional topographical details. During this time in Russia, around 1825, Russian army officers, called the Decembrists, protested against Nicholas I�s ascension to the throne. A remarkable large format map first edition 1808 map of Russia by Jaspar Nantiat and William Faden. This exceptional map covers from the Artic Sea to the Black and Caspian Seas and from East Prussia and Moldova to the Aral Sea and Tobolsk. In addition to Russia, this map also includes, in part or whole, the modern day nations of Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Moldova, Georgia, and western Kazakhstan. A seminal production, this is Guillaume Delisle's 1721 map of the Caspian Sea according to the surveys of Van Verden and S. I Soimonov. It is the first printed map of the Caspian Sea based upon actual survey work. Although other cartographers also copied the work of Van Verden and Soimonov, Delisle was the first, and his mapping is the finest and truest to the original manuscript. This is an attractive 1723 Guillaume Delisle map of the Caucasus is one of the earliest to place Carl Van Verden and S. I. Soimonov's 1719 -21 mapping of the Caspian Sea in the geographical context of the surrounding region. It covers from the Black Sea to Independent Tartary and from Russia to Persia, inclusive of the entire Caspian Sea, and the modern day nations of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Turkey. This is a rare and attractive 1778 map of Northern Asia, comprising Asian Russia, Siberia, Chinese Tartary, Korea, and Japan by Robert de Vaugondy. It covers the vast expanse of northern Asia from Novaya Zembla eastward as far as the Kamchatka Peninsula. This map is most interesting in its rendering of the largely unexplored extreme northeast of Asia. Knowledge of this area was, at the time, speculative at best. This impressive 1811 map of the European part of Russia is beautifully engraved in the minimalist English style pioneered in the early part of the 19th century. In 1815 Tsarist Russia emerged from the Napoleonic Wars economically insolvent and politically fearful of the Revolutionary fervor that had just swept through Europe. Russia entered into the Holy Alliance with Austria, another internally threatened monarchy, in the hopes of preserving the status quo. This is Robert de Vaugondy's beautiful 1749 map of Polish Russia issued in the Atlas Universal . It covers the eastern part of Poland and the western part of Ukraine from Sandomirie to Nazdrict. This map offers splendid detail throughout inclusive of mountain ranges, lakes, rivers, towns, forests, and topography. The Atlas Universal was one of the first atlases based upon actual surveys. This important 1799 map by Laurie and Whittle depicts the Kingdom of Poland following the 1795 Third Partition. The map covers from Brandenburg to Russia and from the Gulf of Livonia to Moldova and Hungary, including all of Poland and the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, parts of Prussia, Russia, Livonia, Hungary, Germany and Austria. This map depicts Poland in 1799, four years following the 1795 Third Partition of Poland. This is a lovely 1850 map of Russia by George Frederick Cruchley. It covers the European portions of Russia from the Gulf of Bothnia to the Ural Mountains and from the Arctic south as far as the Black Sea. The modern day nations of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland are included. Russia at this time was under the suzerainty of Tzar Alexander the II.

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1730 Seutter Map of Southern Russia and Ukraine