Cartographer: Herman Moll
Title: : The Caspian Sea Drawn by the Czar's Special Command
Date: c. 1755
Size:
9
x
11
inches
Published:
London
Description: A handsomely-engraved map of the Caspian Sea with inset panoramas of Astrakhan, Derbent, and Makhachkala (Terki). Based on a Russian survey, undertaken from 1719-21, on the orders of Peter the Great.
Map Ref: RUS2603