Title
Nova ac verissima Maris Caspii
Subject
Caspian Sea
Description
This early map of the Caspian was published by Reiner Ottens in his appears in his Atlas maior (1720). This publication is primarily in Latin but contains notes in Dutch as well as place names in Greek, Russian, Persian, Arabic, and Turkish (in Latin script). Though Ottens's map was made without the benefit of astronomical observations and thus is fairly inaccurate, the highlights the polyglot and cosmopolitan nature of this inland sea from an early date.
Creator
Otten, Reiner
Source
Harvard Libraries, Pusey Map Collection
Date
1720
Rights
Harvard Libraries, Pusey Map Collection
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