COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de
Author:
Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
Author:
Akademiia nauk SSSR
Date:
1745
Short Title:
Generalnaia karta Rossiiskoi Imperii
Publisher:
Akademija Nauk, Sankt-Peterburg
Publisher Location:
St. Petersburg
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
56
Obj Width cm:
98
Scale 1:
9,030,000
Note:
Outline hand color general Map of the Russian Empire, folded into 4 sections. Shows boundaries, provinces and the territories of the Russian Empire, rivers, forests and place names. Text in Russian and Latin. Relief shown pictorially. Includes cartouche Attributed to de l'Isle at upper left and view of the sea, ships and moutons at upper right.
Reference:
Phillips, 3109, 4060; Postnikov, p. 42-49, Bagrow, Russian Cartography to 1800, chapter 10.
Country:
Russia
Full Title:
Generalnaia karta Rossiiskoi Imperii. Imperii Russici quam late patet fines et Provincias universas, tabula haec curatius designata iam tum capto consilio conatuque... A.P.C.N., MDCCXLV. (Atlas Russicus= Atlas Rossiiskoi Imperii).
List No:
11093.002
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de
Publication Author:
Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
Publication Author:
Akademiia nauk SSSR
Pub Date:
1745
Pub Title:
(Atlas Russicus = Atlas Rossiiskoi). Imperatorskaia, akademiia nauk (Russia).
Pub Note:
Atlas of Russia. Published in two version in 1745. First copy published in Latin, with place names in Romanized Russian, This is the second version of atlas, published with place names in Cyrillic, consisting of 1 general map and 19 special maps, printed on blue heavy paper, Maps 1-13 of European Russia, at a scale of ca. 1:1,425,000, maps 14-19, of Siberia, at a scale of ca. 1:3,750.000. Bound in red marbled , half leather covers, with no title on or inside. Showing the All-Russian Empire with Border Lands, and "Created in accordance with geographic rules and the newest observations, by works of the Imperial Academy of Sciences" - first official atlas of the Russian Empire, was published Imperial Academy of Sciences in 1745.
Pub List No:
11093.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
20
Pub Height cm:
57
Pub Width cm:
35
Image No:
11093002.jp2
Authors:
L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de; Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg; Akademiia nauk SSSR
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