Ukraine/ Crimea.
[Amsterdam, c. 1785]
Carte de la Petite Tartarie Dressée par ordre de l'Imperatrice de toutes les Russies.
A rare battle plan, based on a Russian map, outlining troop positions and movements in the southern Ukraine and the Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735 to 1739. It was fought in large part to enable Russia to have access to the Black Sea by controlling the Sea of..... More