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[Russia]
Blaeu, Russiae, vulgo Moscovia Pars Australis Auctore Isaac Massa. Amsterdam, 1640 (1647-48). 15¼ x 20¾. Centerfold split in lower margin repaired, else Fine with large margins. $650.00
Southern Russia from the Crimea to 60 degrees north, and from the Volga west to Smolensk. Blaeu's map is derived from materials gathered by Isaac Massa, a Dutch merchant who traveled to Russia many times A handsome map with three cartouches. The title block has fur pelts hanging from it with ferocious wolves above. At lower right are distance scales with figures of traders offering furs to crowned women. At upper left is the imperial shield with its double-headed eagle and armed warriors (Cossacks?) on either side. Cities are picked out in red, and prancing deer enliven the map. References: Bagrow, Leo (Henry Castner, editor), A History of Russian Cartography up to 1800, pp. 51-56, 62-63; Van der Krogt, Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, map 1802:2.
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