Andrew Swinton: Viaggio in Norvegia, in Danimarca ed in Russia. Negli Anni 1788, 89, 90 e 91 [Raccolta De’ Viaggi più interessanti eseguiti nelle varie parti del mondo, tanto per terra quanto per mare, dopo quelli del celebre Cook, e non pubblicati fin ora in lingua italiana XXV–XXVIII], trans. Luigi Bossi, 4 vols., Milano: Dalla […]
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Antonio Zatta (ed.): Atlante Novissimo. Illustrato Ed Accresciuto Sulle Osservazioni, E Scoperte Fatte Dai Più Celebri E Più Recenti Geografi, 4 vols., Venezia: Antonio Zatta 1779–1785, vol. 2 (1782) Signature: Zh 300-3750/2 raro VIII Figures: Frontispiece; Title Page; vol. 2, pl. 34 and 43 This richly colored map of the Crimean Khanate and Zaporozhosian Sich
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Laurence Echard: Carte Geografiche Del Dizionario Geografico Portatile, Napoli: Presso Domenico Terres 1771 Signature: Ah 100-3710/3 raro IV Figures: Frontispiece; pl. I.5; II.4; II.5 A hybrid publication from 1771 combines an Italian translation of a French edition of the 1715 Classical Geographical Dictionary printed in London with a series of maps derived from several authors.
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By the end of the 18th century, Ukraine came under a fundamentally new political system that persisted until the October revolution. The 1768–1773 Russo-Turkish war forced the Ottomans to retreat from Crimea, leading to its 1783 annexation by Catherine II. The partitions of Poland-Lithuania, partly triggered by Polish noblemen’s support for the Sultan, brought a
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