Historic Map : Black Map of European Russia, Version 2, 1851, Vintage Wall Art and New Jersey. 5247237 Homann map of Denmark

Homann map of Denmark

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Historic Map : Black Map of European Russia, Version 2, 1851, Vintage Wall Art and New Jersey. 5247237 Homann map of DenmarkThis is a fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1851 map of european Russia. The map depicts the european portions of Russia from the Arctic Sea south to the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, and extending west as far as Poland and east as far as Orenburg and Perm, inclusive of the Ukraine. Russia at this time was under the suzerainty of Tzar Alexander the II. Alexander is best known for his liberal reforms including the emancipation Reform of 1861 which