Geographic science continued to develop in the 18th century in due part to the new discoveries and advancements in ways to measure the Earth. As maps mention the toponyms alongside demonyms, Ukraine is referred to in conjunction with the Zaporizhia Cosacks. Different nations and populations share the lands of modern Ukraine, during that century, an area …
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Guillaume de l’Isle: Atlante Novissimo, Che Contiene Tutte Le Parti Del Mondo, Nel Quale Sono Esattamente Descritti Gl’Imperj, Le Monarchie, Stati, Repubbliche, ec., 2 vols., Venezia: Presso Giambatista Albrizzi Q. Gir. 1740/1750, vol. 1 (1740) Signature: Zh 300-3400 raro VIII Figures: Frontisppiece; Taf. 15 (double page). Carta nuova dell’Europa secondo le ultime osservazioni fatta in Amsterdam …
Tobias C. Lotter: Atlas Geographicus Portatilis. XXIX. mappis orbis habitabilis regna exhibens, [Augsburg:] Tobias Lobeck [c. 1750] Signature: Zh 300-3500 raro I Figures: Title page; Frontispiece; Map XXIII; Map XXVII This finely colored portable atlas is more often found in its original horizontal binding that does not make maps fold in the middle. It was created …
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Nikolaus E. Kleemann: Tagebuch der Reisen. Mit einer zuverläßigen Karte von der Krimm [1771], 3rd ed., Prag: von Schönfeldische Schriften 1783 Signature: Ff 160 3832 raro II Figures: Frontispiece; „Das Serail in Bachtschiesaray“; „Caffa“; Map „Accurata Turcicarum et Tartaricum Provinciarum“ The third edition of Nikolaus Ernst Kleemann’s Tagebuch was published in Prague in 1783. This …
