Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Bessarabskoĭ Oblasti sʺ pokazaniemʺ pochtovykhʺ i bolʹshikhʺ proi︠e︡zzhikhʺ dorogʺ, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ mezhdu onymi verstʺ.
Генеральная Карта Бессарабской Области съ показанiемъ почтовыхъ и большихъ проѣзжихъ дорогъ, станцiй и разстоянiя между оными верстъ.
This 1821 map of Bessarabia is from a larger work, Geograficheskii atlas Rossiiskoi imperii, tsarstva Pol'skogo i velikogo kniazhestva Finliandskogo (Geographical atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland), containing 60 maps of the Russian Empire. Compiled and engraved by Colonel V.P. Piadyshev, it reflects the detailed mapping carried out by Russian military cartographers in the first…
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Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot - Pi︠a︡dyshev, Vasiliĭ Petrovich - Iwanoff
Bessarabskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡.
Бессарабская губерния.
This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856. Each card presents an overview of a particular province's culture, history, economy, and geography. The front of the card depicts such distinguishing features as rivers, mountains, major cities, and chief industries. The back of each card contains a map of…
Khersonskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡.
Херсонская губерния.
This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856. Each card presents an overview of a particular province's culture, history, economy, and geography. The front of the card depicts such distinguishing features as rivers, mountains, major cities, and chief industries. The back of each card contains a map of…
Khersonskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡.
Херсонская губерния.
This early-19th century playing card is from a set of 60 such cards, each devoted to a different province or territory of the Russian Empire, which at the time included the Grand Duchy of Finland, Congress Poland, and Russian America. One side of each card shows the local costume and the provincial coat of arms; the other side contains a map. This card depicts…
Bessarabskai︠a︡ oblastʹ.
Бессарабская область.
This early-19th century playing card is from a set of 60 such cards, each devoted to a different province or territory of the Russian Empire, which at the time included the Grand Duchy of Finland, Congress Poland, and Russian America. One side of each card shows the local costume and the provincial coat of arms; the other side contains a map. This card depicts…
The Kingdom of Serbia, Otherwise Called Rascia.
Il Regno della Servia detta alterimenti Rascia
The note in Italian in the cartouche in the lower left-hand corner of this map states that it was "described on the basis of the most exact maps and with the direction of the most recent news by Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola, subject and geographer of the Most Serene Master the Duke of Modena and published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi in his printing…
Wallachia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania.
Walachia, Servia, Bulgaria, Romania
Gerard Mercator (1512--94) was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders (Belgium). His given name was Gerard de Kremer or Cremer. "Mercator," meaning "merchant," is a Latinized version of his Flemish last name. He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Leuven, and developed an interest in astronomy and mathematics. He produced his first map, of Palestine, in 1537. He went on to create numerous…
General Map of European Turkey, Greece and the Ionian Islands.
Carte générale de la Turquie d'Europe, de la Grèce et des Iles Ioniennes
Adrien-Hubert Brué (1786-1832) was a French geographer and cartographer who as a young man accompanied the explorer Nicolas Baudin on his 1800-1803 voyage to New Holland (Australia). Brué returned to France to become an important geographer, associated with the Institut Geographique de Paris and geographer to the king. His Grand atlas universel (Large universal atlas) was first published in 1816 and issued in revised…
European Turkey as the Theater of War between the Turks and the Russians.
Turquie d'Europe pour Servir au théâtre de la guerre des Turcs et des Russes
This map shows southeastern Europe during the Crimean War (1853-56) that pitted Russia against the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and its allies Britain, France, and Sardinia. The western European powers backed the Turks in order to block Russia's expansion into the Black Sea region, which they believed threatened their positions in the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Many of the war's major battles were fought…
Map of the Turkish Empire.
Turcici Imperii Imago
This map shows the Ottoman Empire as it appeared in the early 17th century. It details Ottoman territories in Asia, Africa, and Europe, and includes Persia, Transcaucasia, Ethiopia, and other surrounding lands. Topographic features, place-names, and populations are definitively marked, although the nomenclature of the time differs markedly from that used today. The Red Sea is termed the Sea of Mecca, for example, and…
Lands of the Emperor of the Turks or the Ottoman Sultan in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Estats de l'empire du Grand Seigneur des Turqs ou Sultan des Ottomans en Asie, en Afrique, et en Europe
This map shows the Ottoman Empire as it was conceived in Europe in the last quarter of the 17th century. It is a reprint, dated 1679, of an earlier edition possibly included in a series of world atlases published by Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) in the middle of the century. The map shows geological features, such as rivers, deserts, and mountain ranges. Cities and towns…
Bessarabia, the Ethnographical Map.
In the spring of 1919 Captain John Kaba of the United States Army completed a two-month survey of political and economic conditions in Bessarabia (present-day Moldova) on behalf of the American Relief Administration, the organization established by the United States Congress to provide humanitarian assistance and combat mass starvation in Europe in the immediate aftermath of World War I. Kaba published his findings in…
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Kaba, John - American Relief Administration
Turkish Empire.
Tvrcicvm imperivm
This detailed map of the Turkish Empire at the height of its powers was produced in Amsterdam by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) in about 1635, when the Ottoman territories included the Balkans, Anatolia, the Levant, and parts of Hungary, Ukraine, North Africa and Arabia. The map centers on the eastern Mediterranean (marked Mare Syriacum, or Syrian Sea) and northern Arabia, and it extends from…
Book/Printed MaterialBessarabia. "Authorities": p. 50.
Book/Printed MaterialPolitico-economic review of Basarabia, Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. digital files not viewed; td12 2013-8-27
MapGeneralʹnai︠a︡ Karta Bessarabskoĭ Oblasti sʺ pokazaniemʺ pochtovykhʺ i bolʹshikhʺ proi︠e︡zzhikhʺ dorogʺ, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ mezhdu onymi verstʺ.
Photo, Print, DrawingBessarabskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡.
Photo, Print, DrawingKhersonskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡.
Photo, Print, DrawingKhersonskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡.
Photo, Print, DrawingBessarabskai︠a︡ oblastʹ.
MapThe Kingdom of Serbia, Otherwise Called Rascia.
MapWallachia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania.
MapGeneral Map of European Turkey, Greece and the Ionian Islands.
MapEuropean Turkey as the Theater of War between the Turks and the Russians.
MapMap of the Turkish Empire.
MapLands of the Emperor of the Turks or the Ottoman Sultan in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
MapBessarabia, the Ethnographical Map. In the spring of 1919 Captain John Kaba of the United States Army completed a two-month survey of political and economic conditions in Bessarabia (present-day Moldova) on behalf of the American Relief Administration, the organization established by the United States Congress to provide humanitarian assistance and combat mass starvation in Europe in the immediate aftermath of World War I. Kaba published his findings in…
MapTurkish Empire.