Historic Map : Black Map of European Russia, 1844, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 30in rivers and assortment of additiona

rivers and assortment of additiona

King Solomon's mines were a kind of Africa El Dorado

Legend tells that the cities were founded by bishops who fled the Moorish invasion of Merida

It covers Berkshire County

'Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1854 by Thomas Cowperthwait and Co

Historic Map : Black Map of European Russia, 1844, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 30in rivers and assortment of additionaThis is a fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1844 map of European Russia. It depicts the European portions of Russia from the Arctic Sea south to the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, and extending west as far as Poland and east as far as Orenburg and Perm, inclusive of the Ukraine. Various towns, rivers, cities, mountains and several other topographical details are noted with relief shown by hachure. When this map was printed, Russia was ruled by Tsar