This map of the city of Astrakhan' was produced by Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin and was included in the second volume (1774) of his work "Reise durch Russland zur Untersuchung der drei Natur-Reiche."
The process of mapping Middle Eastern geology in search for precious resources was quickly taken up by multinational corporations and specifically the ‘Seven Sisters’ who had claims most of the Middle East and it was these Seven companies that ruled,…