"Tabula Geographica… Imperii Russici" Russia 3 sheets. SANTINI/TRESKOT 1784 map
Artist/engraver/cartographer: Santini, Paolo and Treskot, Johann & Schmidt, James. Provenance: "Atlas Universel, dressé sur les meilleures cartes modernes", 1784 à Venise par P. Santini, rue Ste Justine, chez M. Remondini. Type: Large antique 18th century atlas map, printed on thick, good quality paper with original outline hand colour/color and decorative title cartouche. On three sheets unjoined. The map is shown as it would look when joined. If you would like us to join the map for you prior to dispatch, please contact us. A large, detailed 18th century map on the Albers projection showing the extent of the Russian Empire under Catherine the Great, stretching from the Baltic & Black Seas to Kamchatka and the (the Russian) Aleutian Islands. The title cartouche includes a globe centred on Russia, and there are two vignettes in the bottom right and left hand corners; the former depicts Catherine herself looking at charts of her conquests achieved during the Russo-Turkish war of 1768-74. This map was first published in St Petersburg in 1775. On three sheets.
Size: 8467px × 4000px
Location: Russia
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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