J. & R. Ottens: Pontus Exinus of Niewe en Naaukeurige Paskaart van de Zwarte Zee
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Cartographer:
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J. & R. Ottens
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Title:
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Pontus Exinus of Niewe en Naaukeurige Paskaart van de Zwarte Zee
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Date:
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c. 1745
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Published:
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Amsterdam
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Width:
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23 inches / 59 cm
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Height:
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16 inches / 41 cm
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Map ref:
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RUS2575
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Description:
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Stunning sea chart of the Black Sea, centred on a large compass rose and crisscrossed by rhumb lines. Istanbul appears in the lower-left corner and an extremely misshapen Crimea is top centre.
The geography of this map is based on the travels and writings of Nicolaes Witsen, a Dutch merchant and statesman who wrote the first European account of Siberia and Central Asia. Witsen served on a Dutch embassy to the Tsar of Muscovy in 1664-5 and returned with a wealth of knowledge about the Russian Empire. He was also appointed mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times.
Original hand-colour. [RUS2575] |