Russo-Turkish Wars
The wars of 1735–9, 1768–74 and 1787–92
Map of Choczim, 1769 (Khotyn, Chernivets'ka, Ukraine) 48°30'24"N 26°29'28"E
1773Etching and engraving; printed from one copperplate on two pieces of paper, joined | Scale: 1:12,400 approx. | RCIN 733072.h
A Russian verst is the equivalent of about 0.6629 miles (1.067 km); the area covered by this map therefore extends to about 2 miles (3.2 km) round Choczim. The topographical information in the immediate vicinity of the town is detailed and appears to be a reduction of the larger-scale survey at RCIN 733072.f.
Additional text: [bottom left, in rococo cartouche, a key, A-I, K-V, to the principal buildings in the town, the batteries, redoubts, abbatis, trenches, and other military features:] EXPLICATION.
Map no. VIII in: Histoire de la Guerre entre la Russie et la Turquie, et particulièrement de la campagne de 1769 by Louis Félix Guinement de Keralio, with notes by Prince A.M. Golitsuin, St Petersbourg, 1773. See RCINs 733072.a-g, and i for the other maps.
Condition: seven fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom left, below border:] J: V: Schleÿ direx.
? Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (publisher)
Subject(s)
Army-TurkeyArmy-RussiaWatermark: Indistinct: [Strasburg bend and lily, device below; countermark: three words/names, one above the other:] [?] / FIN / DANGOUMOIS
Condition: seven fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:12,400 approx. Scale bar: ECHELLE Le Pouce d'Angleterre divisé en 100. Parties. [94 mm =] 600 Toises.
48.6 x 64.7 cm (neatline)
50.4 x 65.4 cm (image)
cropped (platemark)
50.5 x 66.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Plan de la Forteresse de CHOCZIM en MOLDAVIE, / avec les Fauxbourg brûlés et les environs de 3 Werstes / à la ronde, représentant le Retranchement ennemi, les tranchées / et les batteries des deux côtés du Dnester; levé après la prise de / cette Forteresse en 1769. [top right, above edge of border:] No. VIII. [top centre, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[bottom left, in rococo cartouche, a key, A-I, K-V, to the principal buildings in the town, the batteries, redoubts, abbatis, trenches, and other military features:] EXPLICATION.
Annotations:
George III heading: Turky 1769.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Turky Nine Plans of the Operations of the War in Turky between the Russians and the Turks in 1769: engraved under the direction of J. v. Schley (These belong to the Histoire de la Guerre entre la Russie et la Turquie et particulierement de la Campagne de 1769. 8.vo (V.5, p.105). [The place mark entry is annotated in early black pencil:] Book not found BM? [A subsequent annotation in black pencil reads:] Lettered a-i, they are in their box. 4-iii 1987 CMB. [By ‘box’ in this context, is meant the old Solander boxes in which the maps were kept before the 1990s.]
Subject(s)
Khotyn, Chernivets'ka, Ukraine (48°30'24"N 26°29'28"E)
Page revisions
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