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Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae descriptio

Description:

auctore Antonio Ienkensono Anglo, edita Londini 1562 & dedicata illustriss. D. Henrico Sÿdneo Walli[a]e pr[a]esidi

Relief shown pictorially

Bar scales on map ("Scala miliarium") in lower center: "Rußica", "Anglica", "Hispanica"

Shows area around Caspian Sea

Includes text

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian

"Rvssia aut potius magni dvcis Mos-coviae imperivm" with Latin text on verso and 46 in lower right

Ortelius based his map on Jenkinson's 1562 map, Nova absolutaque Russiae, Moscoviae, et Tartariae descriptio. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers, v. 2, p. 437

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/nm925qb9806

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/nm925qb9806

Language:

lat

Publisher:

[Apud Ioannem Bapt. Vrintium]

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Date Issued:

1562

Spatial Coverage:

Asia, Central, Siberia (Russia), Mongolia, Russia, China, Central Asia, Russia (Federation), and Siberia

Rights:

Images from the David Rumsey Map Center's general collections courtesy of Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false