Fascinating map of Russia and the former Soviet republics from the surveys of the English merchant and adventurer, Anthony Jenkinson, in 1562. Jenkinson was leader of the Muscovy Company's first expedition to Russia and the first European to travel widely throughout the region. Ortelius' map replicates much of the detail and decoration found on the original Jenkinson map complete with extensive notations, illustrations of Cossacks, camels, encampments, armies, and a curious burial scene where the dead are hung from trees. A vignette of Ivan the Terrible appears at top left. French text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #162.

Condition: B+

A dark impression with gilt highlights on a bright sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark. There are tiny spots of foxing along the centerfold and in the blank margins, marginal soiling, and professional repairs to a separation along the centerfold.