MAP OF RUSSIA WITH THE PLAN OF MOSCOW CITY AND THE VIEW OF ARKHANGELSK AND DEDICATION TO TSAR MIKHAIL FEODOROVICH. Engraving.

Gerhard Gessel (1581-1632), Novus atlas Blaeu. Amsterdam, 1649. The Map was compiled under the supervision of Tsarevich Feodor Borisovich Godunov. The engraver took into account the notes of Isaac Massa. The model was purchased by William Blau. 51 x 60 cm. Literature: Bykovsky N. M., Cartography, historical essay, Petrograd, State edition, 1923. Leo Bagrov, History of Russian cartography, Moscow, 2005.