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Lakes appear on 13% of all plans. If that does not sound terribly impressive, think of it this way: they are as common (as far as this data is concerned) as police stations and prisons. But while most police stations and prisons are planned features, the amoeba-like shapes captured here represent water features that existed on the ground. What…

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This gallery contains fifteen illustrations from the Album du Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, La Valachie et la Moldavie,ed. Ernest Bourdin (Paris, 1838). The illustrations are discussed in a timeline-gallery exploring the work of Anatolii Nikitich Demidov. Click here to access the Princely Playboy in Crimea project…