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1721 Delisle G Caspian 01 1.jpg
This map of the Caspian was created by Guillaume Delised and was based on recent information collected by Carl Vanverden in 1719, 1720 and 1721 at the request of tsar Peter I. The first map of the Caspian based on relatively accurate observations of…

1731-1742 Delisle G Caspiene Harvard Copy.jpg
1 map, hand colored. 44 x 59 cm. Prime meridian: Ferro. This map Appears in G. Delisle's "Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les parties du monde."
(Scale ca. 1:3,150,00)

1680 Maasa detail.png
An early depiction of the Russian Empire by cartographer Isaac Maasa. Whether due to lack of information or assumptions about the size of other empires, this depiction of the Caspian Sea clearly privileges the Russian end of it. Astrkahan and the…

1720 Ottens detail.png
1 map, hand colored, 47 x 57 cm.
Depth shown by surroundings. Oriented with North to the left. Colored in outline. Includes illustrations.
Appears in: Atlas maior cum generales omnium totius orbis regnorum rerumpubi, atque insularum tum…

1735 Maas Caspian detail.png
1 map, hand colored; 47 x 57 cm.
Relief shown pictorially. Depth shown by soundings. Covers portions of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran.
Includes notes and illustrations. "Cum Priv. S. C. M."

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This French map of the Russian Empire features the northern half of the Caspian Sea, as well as sites of industry and political borders.

1720 Ottens reduced.jpg
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…

1724-01.png
This image shows the road networks featured in Abraham Maas's map "Nova Maris Caspii" as they radiate south along the Caspian from Astrakhan and into the Caucasus.

1910-01.png
This map features just the railroad network as produced in a map of the Russian Empire from 1910.

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