Russo-Turkish Wars
The wars of 1735–9, 1768–74 and 1787–92
Map of Little Tartary and Crimea, 1736-7
1737 or laterEngraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:980,600 approx. | RCIN 728001.b
An accompanying smaller-scale map of the wider area of Little Tartary, together with two sheets of explanatory text, are at RCINs 728001.a, c-d.
For further reading, see:
P. J. O'Meara, 'Lacy, Peter, Count Lacy in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire (1678–1751)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.
Condition: two fold lines; slight foxing.
Carl von Frauendorff (active 1736-7) (cartographer)
Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (publisher) [bottom right, below title, in title cartouche:] Editus ex Autographis Carolia - / Frauendorff Centurionis / in Acad: sc: Petropolit:
Subject(s)
Army-TurkeyArmy-RussiaWatermark: Four anchors, intertwined
Condition: two fold lines; slight foxing
Scale: 1:980,600 approx. Scale bars: Scala Werstarum Ruthenicarum [117 mm = 104½]; Scala Miliariorum [sic] Germanicorum [117 mm = 15].
48.0 x 66.7 cm (image)
50.5 x 69.4 cm (platemark)
46.2 x 64.8 cm (neatline)
52.1 x 70.6 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
VERUS / CHERSONESI TAURICÆ / Seu Crimeæ / CONSPECTUS / adjacentium item Regionum Hinerisqe ab Exercitu Rutheno / A=o MDCCXXXVI et MDCCXXXVII / adversus Tartares susceptis. [bottom right, in rococo cartouche]
Annotations:
George III heading: Little Tartary and Crimea 1736 - 1737.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 8 [or 3]/2; [bottom right, black pencil:] 15; [bottom centre, black pencil:] 21; [bottom centre, black pencil:] IV/21; [bottom centre, black pencil:] VIII/1-b.
George III catalogue entry:
Tartary, Little Verus Chersonesi Tauricæ seu Crimeæ Conspectus adjacentium item Regionum. Itinerisque ab Exercitu Rutheno 1736 et 1737 adversus Tartaros suscepti; editus ex autographis Caroli a Frauendorff in Academia Petropolitana. Theatrum Belli a Milite Augustæ Russorum Imperatricis adversus Turcas et Tartaros 1737 gesti: ex autographis in Acad. Scient. Petropol. Explanations of the above Maps in Latin, Russian and German. 2 sheets. [The same entry appears under the heading Crimea.]
Subject(s)
Crimea
Bibliographic reference(s)
P. J. O'Meara, ‘Lacy, Peter, Count Lacy in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire (1678–1751)’, Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
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