Historic Map : MalteBrun Map of European Russia, Version 2, 1843, Vintage Wall Art North Carolina. 5248647 A New Sett of Maps

A New Sett of Maps both of Ancient and Present Geography

Covers the entire country from the Bay of Biscay to the English Channel to the Mediterranean

The map covers the entire continent from the Mediterranean Sea to Cape Town

Bering Strait

The region of Picardy is famous for the production of Maroilles

Historic Map : MalteBrun Map of European Russia, Version 2, 1843, Vintage Wall Art North Carolina. 5248647 A New Sett of MapsThis is a fine example of Conrad Malte Brun's 1843 map of european Russia. The map covers Russia from Arctic Ocean to Turkey and from Sweden to Tartary. In 1825, a few years before this map was drawn, Russian army officers, called the Decembrists, protested against Nicholas I's ascension to the throne. The Decembrists, so named because their revolt started in December, favored Nicholas's brother, Constantine, who seemed amenable to a British style