Sujet

General Map of Taurida Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and.., 1822. Creators: Vasilii Petrovich Piadyshev, Military Topographical Depot.

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General Map of Taurida Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1822. This 1822 map ofTaurida Provinceis from a larger work,Geograficheskii atlas Rossiiskoi imperii, tsarstva Pol'skogo i velikogo kniazhestva Finliandskogo(Geographical atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland), containing 60 maps of the Russian Empire. Compiled and engraved by Colonel V.P. Piadyshev, it reflects the detailed mapping carried out by Russian military cartographers in the first quarter of the 19th century. The map shows population centers (six gradations by size), postal stations, roads (four types), provincial and district borders, customs houses, and forts. Distances are shown in versts, a Russian measure, now no longer used, equal to 1.07 kilometers.Legends, the index of county names, and place-names are in Russian and French.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM24A00_047

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64,9Mo (3,7Mo) / 41,0cm x 39,7cm / 4841 x 4686 (300dpi)

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road roads building library communication communications population historical fort forts map country finance geography color fortifications fortification military text location century Russia Russian cartography atlas concept legend border lettering borders Library of Congress russian federation Thoroughfare Colour postal service 19th century Cyrillic Custom House nineteenth century history historic 1820s map-making TGN map Mapmaking Russian Empire Congressional Library Heritage Art 19th-century Postal station cartographic Meeting of Frontiers Vasilii Petrovich Piadyshev V.P. Piadyshev Piadyshev Vasilii Petrovich Military Topographical Depot Finaghenof