Tabula Russiae ex autographo, quod delineandum curavit Foedor filius Tzaris Borois desumta… MDCXIIII

1632 issued, copper engraving map of Russia -- with large inset of Moscow and view of Arkhangelsk -- by Hessel Gerritsz. The original map is attributed to Fyodor II Borisovich Godunov, who was briefly the tsar of Russia. Following Gerritsz’s death, Willem Blaeu issued an edition of the map. Over the martial cartouche, at the top left corner the inset plan of Moscow can be found with a 17-point location key. This plan first appeared in print on the present map and had been used for decades. To the right of the map is a view of Arkhangelsk – with three figures in Russian clothes standing above –, which was the only sea gate of Russia before the foundation of St. Petersburg.
Dimensions: 430 x 550 (455 x 560) mm.