Two-sheet map of European Russia and Western Siberia, published by Georg Matthaus Suetter after the "Atlas Russicus" by de L'Isle. Northern map shows territory from the top of the Kola Peninsula to Permia and Orlov in the east, the nealy founded "Petersburg" in the south-west and Vologda and "Czochloma" in the south. Southern map shows area from Novgorod in the north-east to the range of the "Cosaci Zaporovienses" (Zaprozhe Cossacks) in the south, the various Tatar and Circassian peoples across the south and east, and the Astrakhan region along the Volga River in the extreme east. adornata per Guillelmum de L'Isle, Membrum Academiæ Regalis Scientiarum et celeberr: Reg: Galliar Geographum ; nunc vero ari incisa et venalis exposita à Matth: Seutter s. August. Vindel. Coordinates approximate (Greenwich meridian). Pictorial relief. Bar scales in "Milliaria Germanica communia," "Verstes vel Milliaria Moscovitica," "Milliaria Polonica communia," and "Milliaria Ukrania communia." Regions distinguished by coloring and dotted lines. Shows roads, forests, waterways, cities (with larger or more important cities illustrated), marshland/wetland. Several Latin explanations on map. Title cartouche on "Septentrionalis" sheet. Responsibility text following "Aústralis" sheet title: "in lucem edita per Guillielmum de L'Isle, celeberr. Regis Galliæ Geographum ; nunc excusa et venalis exposita per Matthæum Seutter sculpt. Augustæ Vindelic."
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Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756 and L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
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