The first accurate map of the Caspian Sea
Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene levée Suivant les Ordres de S.M.Czariene...
Paris, 1721. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined, total 880 x 620mm.
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Despite Alexander the Great visiting the Caspian Sea two thousand years earlier, it was Karl van Verden, a Dutchman sailor working for the Russians, who mapped the sea properly for the first time (1719-21).
The two baroque cartouches and eight insets make this a very striking map.
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