Subject: Russia
Period: 1610 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4.9 x 3.3 inches
12.4 x 8.4 cm
Small map engraved by Van den Keere (Petrus Kaerius) for the Map-treasury, a rival to Ortelius' pocket atlas, first issued in 1598 by Barent Langenes and Cornelis Claesz. The map covers European Russia and the adjoining part of Tartary. Dutch text on verso.
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Condition: B
Bit of minor surface soil and several place names faintly underlined in brown ink. Tiny worm hole in blank margin.