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1906-1914

Set thirty four years after Peter the Great's capture of the Swedish fortress and only twenty five years after becoming the capital of Imperial Russia, this 1737 map outlines the foundations of what will become the cosmopolitan jewel of what is the…

In Alexander Keith Johnson's map of Saint Petersburg, the perspective of the city takes an alternative view, with the city itself placed on the periphery as it shows its spacial location as compared to the great cities and nations of the Baltic

This map is significant for its rendering of topographic information that allows the viewer to understand the city of Sevastopol in its geographic context. It informs you of the scale of the cliffs and the walled nature of the bays with artistic…

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 Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, or SDUK, published a series of nation, region, and city maps for an affordable educational alternative for English readers. W.B. Clarke's 1834 map of Saint Petersburg is one of 51 cities produced in…