Nova Maris Caspii et Regionis Usbeck
Caspian Sea, Persia, Uzbeck lands
This is Isaac Maasa's 1735 map of the Caspian Sea, featuring the eastern shore, the Aral Sea and what were then the lands of the Uzbecks and Kalmykia on the northern edge of the Persian Empire.
A. Maas, for the Homann Heirs.
David Rumsey Maps
1735
Map
Latin
Map
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Karta Wolgae / Map of the Volga
Volga River
This map of the Volga River appears in Adam Olearius, Vermehrte Moscowistische und Persianische Reiseebeschreibung ... (1656)
Adam Olearius
Gedruckt in der Fürstl. Druckerey durch Iohan Holwein
1656
Out of copyright.
German and Latin
Map
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Travels in Muscovy, Persia and part of the East-Indies ...
Russia, Persia, Ottoman Empire, India, travel narrative, Astrakhan'
Cornelius de Bruyn's 2-volume work, "Travels in Muscovy, Persia and part of the East-Indies ..." (1737) details de Bruyn's extensive travels which took him from Moscow in 1703 to Isfahan, and from there on to Persepolis (1704). De Bruyn returned to The Netherlands having gone as far as Java and published the first edition of his travels, "Reizen over Moskovie" in 1714.
Cornelius de Bruyn (1652 - 1726)
Bavarian State Library
A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, S. Birt, C. Davis, J. Clarke, S. Harding, etc.
1737
Out of copyright
Book
English
Book
Black mulberry (Morus nigra vulgaris)
Black mulberry, silk, gardens
This is a botanical illustration of the black mulberyy (Morus nigra vulgaris) taken from Elizabeth Blackwell's 1737 "A Curious Herbal," plate 153.
Elizabeth Blackwell (ca. 1700 - 1758)
plantillustrations.org
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
Samuel Harding
1737 - 1739
Out of copyright
Book illustration
English
Book illustration
The Vine (Vitis vinifera)
Grapes, wine, Vitis vinifera, gardens
This is a botanical illustration of the wine grape (Vitis vinifera) taken from Elizabeth Blackwell's 1737 "A Curious Herbal," plate 153.
Elizabeth Blackwell (ca. 1700 - 1758)
plantillustrations.org
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
Samuel Harding
1737 - 1739
Out of copyright
Book illustration
English
Book illustration
The Citrul or Water-Melon
Watermelon, melons, gardens
This is a botanical illustration of the water mellon (Citrullus or Anguria) taken from Elizabeth Blackwell's 1737 "A Curious Herbal," plate 157.
Elizabeth Blackwell (ca. 1700 - 1758)
plantillustrations.org
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
Samuel Harding
1737 - 1739
Out of copyright
Book illustration
English
Book illustration
Plan de la Ville d'Astracan
Astrakhan'
Map of the town of Astrakhan' by french cartographer Jean-Baptiste Croissey.
Jean-Baptiste Croissey
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
1764
Map
French
Map
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Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia to Diverse Parts of Asia ...
Russian Empire, Persian Empire, travel narrative, Volga River, Caspian Sea
This edition of John Bell's "Travels..." was printed in two volumes detailing Bell's travels from 1715 through 1718 along the Volga River, the Caspian Sea and into Persia.
John Bell (1691 - 1780)
Google books
Robert and Andrew Foulis
1763
Out of copyright
Book
English
Book
An Historical Account of the British Trade Over the Caspian Sea ...
Caspian Sea, Astrakhan', Russian Empire, Persian Empire
This 4 volume work by Jonas Hanway details much of the economic activity enriching the Russian Empire along the edges of the Caspian Sea in the 1740s and 50s.
Jonas Hanway (1712 - 1786)
Google Books
1753
Out of copyright
Book
English
Book
Two views of Astrakhan'
Astrakhan'; vineyards
This illustration accompanies the second volume of N. Witsen's "Noord en Oost Tartarye" (1705). It offers two views of the city of Astrkahan', one of which foregrounds the city's vineyards.
N. Witsen
N. Witsen, Noord en oost Tartarye ... vol. 2 (Amsterdam: F. Halma, 1705), 700.
Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum
1705
Out of copyright
Dutch
Book Illustration
Astrakhan'; Volga River