Lot #: 83585
[RUSSIAN LANGUAGE MAP - The Course of the Neva River from Lake Lagoda to St. Petersburg ] Fluvius Newa e Lacu Ladoga Petropolin versus procurrens. |
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Description
A very scarce, Russian map of the Newa river from the outskirts of St. Petersburg up to its connection to the Ladoga Canal near Shlisselburg/Posad.
Text in latin and Russian, a compass and a beautiful cartouche.The cartouche includes allegorical figures and the coats of arms of St. Petersburg and the Russian Empire and a cornucopia.
The Ladoga Canal was one of the first major canals constructed in Russia. It was one of the projects of Peter t'he Great', who ordered its construction in 1718. Rapid economic development in Russia required a significant expansion of routes, especially waterways. One part of the Vyshny Volochyok Waterway (1709) linking the Volga river to the Baltic Sea, passed through Lake Ladoga. The Ladoga section of the route was one of the most difficult and dangerous because the lake is prone to winds and storms which had destroyed hundreds of cargo ships.
The mapmaker, Ivan Grimmel (1703-1758), was a German working in Russia and is also known as Johann Elias Grimmel.
Most probably single sheet printed map, not appearing in the 1745 Atlas Russicus, as sometimes believed.
Text in latin and Russian, a compass and a beautiful cartouche.The cartouche includes allegorical figures and the coats of arms of St. Petersburg and the Russian Empire and a cornucopia.
The Ladoga Canal was one of the first major canals constructed in Russia. It was one of the projects of Peter t'he Great', who ordered its construction in 1718. Rapid economic development in Russia required a significant expansion of routes, especially waterways. One part of the Vyshny Volochyok Waterway (1709) linking the Volga river to the Baltic Sea, passed through Lake Ladoga. The Ladoga section of the route was one of the most difficult and dangerous because the lake is prone to winds and storms which had destroyed hundreds of cargo ships.
The mapmaker, Ivan Grimmel (1703-1758), was a German working in Russia and is also known as Johann Elias Grimmel.
Most probably single sheet printed map, not appearing in the 1745 Atlas Russicus, as sometimes believed.
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