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 on paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:28,700 approx. | RCIN 733072.a
A map of the area covered by the campaigns around Choczim of 1769, showing the encampments and march routes of the Russian Army. Russo-Turkish War (1768-74). Oriented with north-east to top.
The geographical area covered by the map includes the region, now in western Ukraine, between the rivers Dniestr to the north and Prut to the south, and part of Ukraine further to the north-east. The map is centred on Choczim (Khotyn) and extends along the River Dniestr from Michaicze (Mykhal’che 48°47'00"N 25°36'00"E) in the west to Lomaczinzy (Lomachyntsi 48°35'44"N 27°22'13"E) in the east (a distance of about 142 miles (228.5 km) in a straight line.
Map No. I 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.b-i for the other maps.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom left, below edge of border:] J. V. Schley, S. direx.
? Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (publisher)
Subject(s)
Army-RussiaWatermark: The monogram PvL
Condition: five fold lines; 4.6 cm tear to top left edge; 6.8 cm tear to top right edge. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt
Scale: 1:28,700 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de deux Milles de Pologne [112 mm =].
48.1 x 84.1 cm (neatline)
50.0 x 84.8 cm (image)
cropped (platemark)
51.0 x 85.8 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
No title. [top right, above edge of border:] N.o I.
Annotations:
George III heading: Turky 1769.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, partly erased:] Theatre.
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
4 June 2024
Current version
edited 'the Ukraine' > 'Ukraine'
