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PlanofS.jpg
This map is important because it demonstrates the natural resource most abundant in Sevastopol- its bays. These bays are naturally fortified by the cliffs pictured with hachures, and the depths are noted in this map as well. These cliffs, depths, and…
The Grand Migration map.jpeg
This map, “The ‘Grand Migration’ 1880-1914,” is a visual representation of the mass migration of East European Jews to various areas of the world between the years 1880 and 1914.

The map features blue arrows of varying thicknesses connecting the…
Pale of Settlement Russia map.jpg
The map shows the borders of the Pale of Settlement in the Russian empire from 1825-1917, as well as the main gateway of Jewish emigration from 1800-1914.
Map_European Russia_1895.jpg
Color map of Russia showing Capitals of Governments, Towns, Villages, Railroads, Telegraph Lines, Canals, Rivers, Wells
1892 Cholera Map.jpg
This is a map that was produced in 1893 by C. de Casrelli in St. Petersburg depicting with red arrows the progression of the Cholera epidemic that devastated Russia in 1892. It claimed 200,000 lives and was part of a global pandemic (the 7th cholera…
1894 Transport Map of Russia - Map of the routes of Steamships, Communication lines, Railways and Roads in the Russian Empire.jpeg
1894 Transportation map of Russia The map includes steamship and railway routes. It also highlights communication lines and roads in the Russian Empire in 1894. Focal points of the map are the Volga River and the numerous railways. The legend in the…
1943 Malaria U.S. Army Map.jpg
This is a map created by Captain Theodor Seuss Geisel of the U.S. Army Special Service Division for all personal in the Army Orientation Course to show the areas in the world that suffer from high levels of malaria. It depicts intensity levels from…
Cholera Spread in Russia Map.jpeg
Cholera Spread.jpeg
This image contains an epidemiological map depicting the spread of the 1892 Cholera Epidemic across Imperial Russia, which claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. The map is one of only a handful of Cholera maps to have been printed entirely in…
Map of Trans-Siberian Railway.jpg
This map was created in St. Petersburg on or about 1900 for a French audience, with a possible goal of showing the growing rail networks off to Western European audiences. It differentiates the rail lines by their dates of completion, as well as…
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