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Document identity
localId
cj82ks89p
label
To His Most Serene and August Majesty Peter Alexovitz absolute lord of Russia &c. this map of Moscovy, Poland, Little Tartary, and ye Black Sea &c. is most humbly dedicated
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
cj82ks89p
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
To His Most Serene and August Majesty Peter Alexovitz absolute lord of Russia &c. this map of Moscovy, Poland, Little Tartary, and ye Black Sea &c. is most humbly dedicated
description
Relief shown pictorially. Depth shown by soundings.
date
["[1730?]"]
year
1730
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_009663
creators
Moll, Herman, d. 1732
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Russia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Poland--Maps--Early works to 1800
Black Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
Europe, Eastern--Maps--Early works to 1800
Peter, I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725
subjectsGeographic
Asia
Black Sea
Eastern Europe
Europe
Poland
Russia
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
Printed for H. Moll between Temple Bar & St. Clem. Church in ye Strand, I. Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, P. Overton over against S. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet & T. Bowles next to the Chapter House in St. Pauls Church yard and for I. King Print & Mapseller at the Globe in the Poultry
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
schema:latitude
55.083
schema:longitude
37.85
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 61 x 97 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially. Depth shown by soundings.
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
Insets: To avoid too great a contraction of the scale, the north part of Russia &c. is continued here -- The River Wolga from Peter Gorod to where it empties it self into the Caspian Sea -- Asoph or Asof and ye forts, and mouth of ye R. Don or Tanais &c.
Includes note and decorative allegorical cartouche with both secular and religious elements.
Appears in Moll's The world described, [1709-1736], plate 13.
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cj82ks89p
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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