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| Keywords: 1818 Pinkerton Map of Russia in Europe - Geographicus - RussiaEurope-pinkerton-1818.jpg Pinkerton's extraordinary 1818 map of Russia in Europe Covers the European portions of Russia between Prussia and the Ural Mountains Extends north to the Arctic and south as far as the Crimea and Black Sea Offers considerable detail with political divisions and color coding at the regional level Identifies cities towns castles important battle sites castles swamps mountains and river ways Title plate in the lower right quadrant Two mile scales in Russian Versts and British Statute Miles also appear in the lower right quadrant Drawn by L Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton This map comes from the scarce American edition of Pinkerton ™s Modern Atlas published by Thomas Dobson Co of Philadelphia in 1818 1818 undated Size in 20 5 28 object history credit line accession number RussiaEurope-pinkerton-1818 Pinkerton J <i>A Modern Atlas from the Lates and Best Authorities Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World with its chief Empires Kingdoms and States; in Sixty Maps carefully reduced from the Larges and Most Authentic Sources </i> 1818 Philadelphia Thomas Dobson Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by John Pinkerton Old maps of the Russian Empire 1818 maps Old maps of Europe English language maps of Europe | ||||
