Mukhin's Map of Crimea (Historical Map)

Mukhin's Map of Crimea

Military-Topographical Map of the Crimean Peninsula

The dedication of this 1854 printing of Mukhin's original 1817 map reads:
"To Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and the allied armies of France and England, this military topographical map of the Krima Peninsula : constructed and founded on the most recent astronomical observations, verified and completed from authentic military surveys of the staff of His Imperial Majesty's Quarter Master General's Department"

Major General Mukhin

Harvard Map Collection

Military-Topographical Depot

1817

English; Russian

Map

1 map on 4 sheets : col., cloth backing ; 120 x 223 cm., sheets 67 x 78 cm. or smaller.

Major General Mukhin

Map

Relief shown by hachures.
Title in English and Russian. Text, legend, and place-names in English. Statement in upper margin in English and 2 languages in Arabic alphabet.
"Entered at Stationers Hall, London, Saturday 20th May, 1854."
Originally printed on 10 sheets.
Includes text, notes, population table, and hand col. inset of geology of Crimea and adjacent regions.

by Major General Mukhin, in the year 1816, by express command of Governor General & Aid de Camp Prince Volkonski 2nd during his administration of that country, is ... inscribed by ... Thomas Best Jervis ... ; the original map was engraved and printed at the Military Topographical Depôt, attached to the Etat-Major or Staff of His Imperial Majesty in the year 1817 = [Voennai︠a︡ topograficheskai︠a︡ karta Poluostrova Kryma : sostavlennai︠a︡ ... General Maīorom Mukhinym 1816 goda ... ; gravirovana i pechatana v Voennotopograficheskom depo pri Glavnom Shtabi︠e︡ Ego Imperatorskago Velichestva 1817 goda].

Variant titles: Military topographical map of the Krima Peninsula
Voennai︠a︡ topograficheskai︠a︡ karta Poluostrova Kryma

Harvard Map Collection

Call number: 2090 1854.15

G7103.C7 1816

1854

eng;rus;und

Primo

1 map on 4 sheets : col., cloth backing ; 120 x 223 cm., sheets 67 x 78 cm. or smaller.

London

sn

Scale [1:168,000]. 4 versts or 4666 2/3 English yards to an English in.

To Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and the allied armies of France and England, this military topographical map of the Krima Peninsula

To Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and the allied armies of France and England, this military topographical map of the Krima Peninsula : constructed and founded on the most recent astronomical observations, verified and completed from authentic military surveys of the staff of His Imperial Majesty's Quarter Master General's Department

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