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Map Treaty map shewing the boundaries of Russia & the Eastern European states : & the proposed boundary between Russia & Turkey Treaty map showing the territorial limits of Russia, Turkey, and the different states of the world :

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Title

  • Treaty map shewing the boundaries of Russia & the Eastern European states : & the proposed boundary between Russia & Turkey

Other Title

  • Treaty map showing the territorial limits of Russia, Turkey, and the different states of the world :

Names

  • Wyld, James, 1812-1887, cartographer.
  • Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 collector.

Created / Published

  • London : Published by James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen & H.R.H. Prince Albert, February 25th 1856.

Contents

  • Russia & Ottoman empires, Sweden, Denmark, Prussia & Austria, shewing the Russian territorial enlargements by various treaties [scale approximately 1:8,000,000] -- Map of the proposed new boundary [with the Ottoman Empire, scale approximately 1:1,400,000] -- The extent of the Russian Empire, 1856.

Headings

  • -  Russia--Boundaries--Maps
  • -  Russia--Boundaries--Turkey--Maps
  • -  Russia--Territorial expansion--Maps
  • -  Turkey--Boundaries--Russia--Maps
  • -  Europe, Eastern--Boundaries--Maps
  • -  Russia
  • -  Turkey
  • -  Europe, Eastern

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Relief (mountain ranges) shown by landform drawings.
  • -  Hand colored to show existing and proposed boundaries.
  • -  Shows boundaries of territories acquired by Russia in dark red lines.
  • -  Title from upper margin of sheet.
  • -  "Copyright."
  • -  "Millard Fillmore 1856" signed in ink on portion of cover affixed to sheet verso.
  • -  Includes text, chronological tables of boundary-related dates for each country, and statistical tables.
  • -  Title portion of map cover and publisher's map list cover-panel affixed to sheet verso.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Vault

Medium

  • 3 maps on 1 sheet : color, mounted on cloth backing ; 50 x 43 cm or smaller, sheet 51 x 91 cm, folded to 17 x 10 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G7001.F2 1856 .W9

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015591079

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Wyld, James, Cartographer, and Millard Fillmore. Treaty map shewing the boundaries of Russia & the Eastern European states: & the proposed boundary between Russia & Turkey. London: Published by James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen & H.R.H. Prince Albert, February 25th, 1856. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015591079/.

APA citation style:

Wyld, J. & Fillmore, M. (1856) Treaty map shewing the boundaries of Russia & the Eastern European states: & the proposed boundary between Russia & Turkey. London: Published by James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen & H.R.H. Prince Albert, February 25th. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015591079/.

MLA citation style:

Wyld, James, Cartographer, and Millard Fillmore. Treaty map shewing the boundaries of Russia & the Eastern European states: & the proposed boundary between Russia & Turkey. London: Published by James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen & H.R.H. Prince Albert, February 25th, 1856. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015591079/>.