Karta Aziatskoy Rossii : Sostavlena po Noveyshim Svedeniyam. i Izdana pri voyepno – topograficheskoy . Glavnogo Upravleniya General'nogo Shtaba 1863.

• Main Author: Glavnogo Upravleniya General'nogo
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: Glavnogo Upravleniya General'nogo 1871
• Subjects: Arctic; Alaska; Siberia
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Map of Asia Russia, on sheet 61x110, dissected into 24 sections, backed with linen. Inset: plan of Irkutsk, with reference to places. Compiled according to the latest information and published by the Cartographic Institution of the Military Topographic Directorate in the period from 1865 to 1871. Map is hand colored in outline, showing political and administrative boundaries, cities, towns, rivers, lakes and mountains. Relief shown by hachures. "This extremely rare wall map, depicting all of Siberia and Central Asia, was published for the high command of the Russian Army in 1871, at a key historical juncture, just as Russia was consolidating its hold over its Far Eastern territories, while resuming its conquests in Central Asia, bringing the Great Game, the long-running cold war against Britain, towards the frontiers of India. The finely lithographed and beautifully coloured map employs an interesting projection to illustrate the ongoing geostrategic realities. While conventionally embracing all of Siberia, the view is cleverly slanted down in the lower left corner down to almost 30° N Latitude to take in the key theatre of the Great Game. The territories already under the rule of the Russian Czar are outlined in green and extend from just to the west of Moscow all the way east to the outer extremities of Alaska (which Russia had recently sold to the United states). Asiatic Russia is divided into various oblasti (provinces), each outlined in green. The topography is remarkably detailed and accurate, with all coastlines, lakes and major rivers carefully delineated, while areas of elevation are expressed throughout by fine hachuring. Innumerable cities, towns and villages are labelled, with major centres and oblast and sovereign capitals emphasized, while all important roads are traced. The only exception to the scientific precision is the delineation of the coast of some of the Arctic islands, which is conjectural in places, in advance of scientific surveys. The map provides excellent coverage of the new ...