Carte de Moscovie

• Main Authors: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726, Liebaux, Henri, -1752
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.;
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: French
• Published: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726 1706
• Subjects: Russia-Maps-Early works to 1800.; Ukraine-Maps-Early works to 1800; White Sea; Guillaume; Onega; Vaga; dvina; Laponie
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/135

18th century; Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor. Outline color. Relief shown pictorially. Top portion of 2-sheet map. Printed in upper right corner in cartouche: "Carte De Moscovie Dressée par Guillaume De l'Isle de l'Academie Royale des Sciences A Son Excellence Monseigneur André Artémonidés De Matueof Ministre d'Etat de sa Majesté Csariénne L'Empéreur des Russes son Lieutenant gnal en la Principauté de Jaroslavie, et son Ambassadeur Plenipotentiaire aupréx du Roi Tres Chrétien, et aupréz des Etats généraux des Provinces Unies. Par son tres humble et tres obeist. SErviteur De l'Isle." Printed beneath cartouche in upper right corner: "A Paris chez l'Auteur sur le Quai de l'Horloge. [Text from previous engraving visible but not legible.] avec Privilege 1706." Written in ink in upper right corner: "No. 28." Printed at bottom next to region of Viatka: "Le Chemin de Moscou a Viatka par Castroma et Galicz est plus court que celui qui passe par Oustioug, mais il est tres incommode a cuase des marais qu'il faut passer, et des Czeremisses Peuples Idolatres qui y font des Courses." Depicts western Russia and Ukraine divided into regions including "Laponie Moscovite," "Cargapolskaia Corela," "Onega," "Province De Vaga," "Cargapol," "Oustioug," "Vologda," "Viatka," "Zirannie Pays Des Ziranni," "Dvina," "Jogora," "Petzora," and "Permie." Also depicted is part of the White Sea, Lake Onega and Lake Ladoga. Rivers, cities, forests, mountains and shoals are shown pictorially. At the top of the cartouche is a coat of arms with a banner stating "Laboribus, Meritis, Virute, Ac Sanguine" while at the bottom a horse drawn sleigh is shown with the letters, "N. G. F." Hunting scenes adorn the rest of the cartouche. Scale: c.a. 1: 2,600,000. Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726) was a cartographer and the Premier Geographer to the King in France beginning in 1718. His family played a significant part in the world of French cartography in the eighteenth century. At age 9, he drew his first map and at age 27 he became a member of the Académie Royale des Sciences. He studied under Jacques Cassini, acquiring knowledge in both mathematics and astronomy. Due to his academic background and his "critical approach to the maps of his predecssors," he became known as the first "scientific cartographer" (Moreland and Bannister, 132). Among his works are "Globe, map of the world and the four continents" (1700), "Atlas de Géographie" (1700-12), "Mississippi" (1701), "Carte du Mexique et de la Floride…" (c.a. 1703), "Carte de la Louisiane et du Mississippi" (1718) and posthumously, "Atlas Noveau" (1730 and later). Following his death, his widow took up the business with a partner, Philippe Buache (Tooley 395; Moreland and Bannister, 131-2). This map may have been published in de L'Isle's "Atlas de Géographie" (David Rumsey Cartography Associates) as well as "Atlas Nouveau" (National Library of Australia). Source(s): David Rumsey Cartography Associates. "David Rumsey Collection: (Composite of) Carte de Moscovie." Accessed 26 Mar 2009. Moreland, Carl and David Bannister. "Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook." New York: Longman Group, Ltd., 1983. National Library of Australia. Catalog Record. Accessed 26 Mar 2009. Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.