Description

PUBLICATION DETAILS: Sold by him at the Globe. . . .London 1712. 38 x 25 inches.  At the bottom of the map is a note:  In the Year 1685 ye Czars Army found certain Ancient Monuments near the place where Ptolemy places the Altars of Alexander. At the upper right is an ornate cartouche showing a Russian sleigh, a hunter, and wildlife. This is not the London: T. Bowles, John Bowles and Robt. Sayer, 1712 edition.  

GEOGRAPHY: This is a large format map showing the area from the White Sea to the Ukraine filled with detail of the topography, roads, cities, tiny villages and nomadic encampments. Moscovy is also known as The Principality of Moscow, the Grand Principality of Moscow, Muscovite Rus, or Muscovite Russia. The English names Moscow and Muscovy for the city, the principality, and the river, descend from post-classical Latin Moscovia. In Latin, the Moscow principality was also historically referred to as Ruthenia Alba (White Ruthenia). White Ruthenia is an historical reference for the territory in the eastern part of present-day Belarus. Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest.

CONDITION: Cut into 15 segments, mounted on cloth, and folded with the title cartouche exposed. P Narrow moisture stain running down central panels. Fair condition.