Assignments

In this map we get a global view, as it was a pandemic that spread across all of the world. We see places where the spread was far more dense than other locations. For example we see that all of Europe had been affected at one point or another. We…

Caucasus Region circa early 20th centuryThe map selected is a 1918 British military map of the northern and southern Caucasus region. As a result, you will find that map contains names written in English script. Each province on the map is separated…

"European Russia." This map is from the same plate as the 1914 English-language edition of Baedeker's Handbook for Travelers to Russia. Because we do not have to a high-resolution copy of that particular edition, we are using this 1910 map of the…

The Crimea Map is full of curiosities, both cartographic and historical. In class, we marked it up with questions. Your job now is to select one of the unanswered questions, conduct research, and compose an answer. Your answer should be about 300…

Choose a map from the Chorographic Sketchbook of Siberia. The candidate sheets are collected here. You might want to page through them all and if you want to go through the whole Sketchbook, the Harvard Library copy is here.Imagine that this map is…

Homann, Johann Baptist. “Topographische Vorstellung der neuen russischen Haupt-Residenz und See-Stadt St. Petersburg : samt ihrer zu erst aufgerichten Vestug welche von Ihro Czaar. Maj. Petro Alexiewitz aller Russen selbst Erhalter etc., etc., etc.,…