RUSSIAN CAUCASUS:Fort Terki,Tumenka river(Terek).Razed , 1683 map

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'Tekcki - Riviere de Tumenka'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Allain Manesson Mallet. Provenance: "Description de l'Univers, contenant les differents systemes du Monde, les Cartes generales & particulieres de la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne: Les Plans & les Profils des principales Villes & des autres lieux considerables de la Terre; avec les portraits de Souverains qui y commandent, leurs Blasons, Titres & Livrees: Et les Moeurs, Religions, Gouvernements & divers habillemens de chaque Nation", dedie'e au Roy, par Allain Manesson Mallet. Paris, Chez Denys Thierry, Rue S. Jacques, MDCLXXXIII [First edition, Paris, 1683]. Type: Original 17th century copperplate map. Terki, a fortress of Asiatic Russia, in the government of Caucasus, situated on the Tumenka, one of the branches of the Terek. The place of this name was formerly of great importance; but after the Persian conquests, it ceased to be a frontier town, and was razed at the peace of 1763.

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Size: 1535px × 2372px
Location: Russian Caucasus
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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