Schwarzes Meer. XIV

Engraved uncolored map. // A rare and important military map covering nearly the whole of European Russia and parts of neighboring countries, by the famous Russian military cartographer Theodor Friedrich Schubert [Fedor Fedorovic Subert] (1789-1865), here in the Austrian edition published in Wien. At a scale of about 1:1,400,000, in 16 sheets, total map size 246 x 175 cm. each sheet 41x 66 cm. or smaller, folded into 4 segments and mounted on linen, placed in slip cover and leather case 28x21 1/2, with decorated borders. The title on the slipcase Kriegsstrassen-Karte von Russland. stamped in gold. Shows a detailed view of the topography, roads, waterways, military colonies, old fortifications, etc. Map covers a large part of Finland to the north, extends to the west to Stockholm - Krakow, in the south, it shows the northern and eastern shores of the Black Sea to Tbilisi and Yerevan, and in the east it follows roughly line Astrakhan - Nizhny Novgorod - Vyatka. The map shows thus in addition to the Scandinavian countries and large parts of Poland, East Prussia, practically the whole of Ukraine, Romania, the Far East of Trabzon in Turkey, Georgia, Armenia and Kazakhstan. Each part has its own border and scales, but they are designed so that they could be cut up and fitted together to make a very large wall map (see our composite image). The extensive key below the title on sheet III, gives symbols for cities, villages, churches and monasteries, fortresses and other military sites, political boundaries, roads, postal stations, lighthouses, etc. with transliteration of the Russian in parentheses. The summary sheet has been cut and pasted on the back of each map. See also our 1854 edition (6845.000) and our c1870 edition (6841.000).