"Nova et accuratissima Maris Caspii hactenus maximam partem nobis non satis cogniti ac Regionum adjacentium delineat jussu invictissimi Principis Petri Alexii Filii magni Russorum Imper ingenti labore et max. sumptibus perfecta et ex Autograph. in lucem edita per Matth. Seutter, S.C.M.G."
Nova et accuratissima Maris Caspii hactenus maximam partem nobis non satis cogniti ac Regionum adjacentium delineat jussu invictissimi Principis Petri Alexii Filii magni Russorum Imper ingenti labore et max. sumptibus perfecta et ex Autograph. in lucem edita per Matth. Seutter, S.C.M.G.
Year:
Augsburg, circa 1740
Plate Size:
49.3 x 57.7 cm (19.4 x 22.7 inches)
Original hand coloured copper engraving of Matthaeus Seutter. Showing the Caspian Sea (Каспийское море) with the large Volga Delta in east orientation. Main towns / countries around the Caspian Sea: Baky / Baku in Aserbaidschan, Astrakhan / Astrakhanskaya of Russia, Kasachstan, Turkmenistan and Ardebil in Iran. Also the major trading ports and roads are described.
Waterstained in lower margin, upper corners torn off. Picture area is not affected. Strong and good impression.
