Carte de la Petite Tartarie Dressée par ordre de l'Imperatrice de toutes les Russies

by P./ De Leth Schenk, H.

$1,150 · Offered by Martayan Lan

16 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches. Original outline color; some creasing, else a fine, wide-margined example. A rare battle plan, based on a Russian map, outlining troop positions and movements in the southern Ukraine and the Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735 to 1739. It was fought in large part to enable Russia to have access to the Black Sea by controlling the Sea of Azov; Russian encampments in the northeastern corner of the Sea are illustrated. The map

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