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This map can be found on page 417 of Baedeker's Handbook. This particular copy was made accessible by the Getty Research Institute and HathiTrust. Click here to read the catalog entry. The plans in this collection are annotated and tagged in the…

This map can be found on page 331 of Baedeker's Handbook. This particular copy was made accessible by the Getty Research Institute and HathiTrust. Click here to read the catalog entry. The plans in this collection are annotated and tagged in the…

This map can be found on page 433 of Baedeker's Handbook. This particular copy was made accessible by the Getty Research Institute and HathiTrust. Click here to read the catalog entry. The plans in this collection are annotated and tagged in the…

This is the cover art for the first river guide published in Russia: a guide to the Volga, from Tver to Astrakhan on the Caspian.

Full title: "Map of the survey and search for ship-grade forests in Slavianoserbsk district, Ekaterinoslav Province showing the forest dachas and shipgrade trees reviewed by Senior Surveyor Urusov from September 22 to October 10, 1841"

Yekaterinoslav is situated on the right bank of the Dnieper (Dnipro) River. Main roads lead south to Kherson and west to Kremenchug but within the town itself the main thoroughfare is a park- and tree-lined boulevard running west/east.Read more on…

This eye-catching plan is dominated by the fortress at the center and the trio of roads running out of town.Take Note: 1) The legend mentions the presence of 351 homes; 2) the neighborhood of Voznesensk lies north of the Sukhaia Moskovka River and…

The core features of Bakhmut are arrayed along a line running east-west through the center, perpendicular to the river. The Orthodox churches are located outside this central space of bureaucracy and trade.Orientation: east (north is on the left)Take…

This plan was drawn up 8 years after the first plan of Bakhmut in the collection. There are a number of changes, but among the most significant is the attention paid to the ravines running perpendicular to the Bakhmut River. They are nothing more…