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Sheet from the atlas of the Don River produced by Cornelius Cruys and published in 1704.
Image generated with DALLE-3 using prompt: can you generate an image of a group of late 18th century French spies in a sea port town in imperial Russia?
Topology "map" of the rivers of southern New England produced by Daniel Huffman, cartographer and author of the blog, "somethingaboutmaps."
View of Count Mikhail Vorontsov's palace in the distance with Crimean Tatar men gathered in a circle in the foreground. According to Demidov, the (coastal) region around Alupka, "washed in sunlight and bathed by the sea," was quite the fashionable…
View of Russian soldiers resting at the side of the road. In peacetime, soldiers were tasked with public works projects. This group was building the road between Yalta and Alupka. Image date: 12 August 1837
A Crimean Tatar family travels on horseback and on foot near Yalta. Women in burkas carry infants in their laps. According to Demidov, the Tatars were free to pursue their favorite economic activities, including the farming "at which they excel."…