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Map Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Kurli︠a︡ndskoĭ Gubernii Sʺ pokazaniemʺ pochtovykhʺ i bolʹshikhʺ proi︠e︡zzhikhʺ dorogʺ, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ mezhdu onymi verstʺ. Генеральная Карта Курляндской Губернiи Съ показанiемъ почтовыхъ и большихъ проѣзжихъ дорогъ, станцiй и разстоянiя между оными верстъ.

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Title

  • Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Kurli︠a︡ndskoĭ Gubernii Sʺ pokazaniemʺ pochtovykhʺ i bolʹshikhʺ proi︠e︡zzhikhʺ dorogʺ, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ mezhdu onymi verstʺ.

Other Title

  • Генеральная Карта Курляндской Губернiи Съ показанiемъ почтовыхъ и большихъ проѣзжихъ дорогъ, станцiй и разстоянiя между оными верстъ.

Translated Title

  • General Map of Courland Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them.

Summary

  • This 1820 map of Courland Province is from a larger work, Geograficheskii atlas Rossiiskoi imperii, tsarstva Pol'skogo i velikogo kniazhestva Finliandskogo (Geographical atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland), containing 60 maps of the Russian Empire. Compiled and engraved by Colonel V.P. Piadyshev, it reflects the detailed mapping carried out by Russian military cartographers in the first quarter of the 19th century. The map shows population centers (four gradations by size), inns, postal stations, roads (two types), state, provincial and district borders, and customs houses. Distances are shown in versts, a Russian measure, now no longer used, equal to 1.07 kilometers. Legends, the index of regional names, and place-names are in Russian and German. The territory depicted on the map roughly corresponds to the southern portion of present-day Latvia. In the 13th century, this province was part of a larger region ruled by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, a militarized Catholic order at the time of the Northern Crusades. This area subsequently became a vassal state of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, beginning in the mid-16th century. Ruled intermittently after 1737 by the Russian ally and Duke of Courland, Ernst Johann Biron, Courland Province was officially absorbed into the Russian Empire after the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Pi︠a︡dyshev, Vasiliĭ Petrovich, 1758-1835, creator.
  • Iwanoff, contributor.
  • Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot, associated name.

Created / Published

  • Saint Petersburg, Russia : Military Topographical Depot, [1820]

Headings

  • -  Atlases
  • -  Maps
  • -  Siberia
  • -  Latvia
  • -  Russian Federation

Notes

  • -  No. 6 Iz izdanii︠a︡: Geograficheskiĭ atlas Rossiĭskoĭ imperii, T︠S︡arstva Polʹskago i Velikago Kni︠a︡zhestva Finli︠a︡ndskogo. Raspolozhennyĭ po gubernii︠a︡m na dvukh i︠a︡zykakh s oznacheniem v onykh gorodov, mestechek, sel, derevenʹ i vsekh primechatelʹneĭshikh mest; pochtovykh i bolʹshikh proezzhikh dorog, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡niĭ mezhdu onymi, i prochimi selenii︠a︡mi v verstakh i mili︠a︡kh. Na 70 listakh s Generalʹnoi︠u︡ kartoi︠u︡ i Tablit︠s︡ei︠u︡ razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ verst po pochtovym dorogam mezhdu znatneĭshimi gorodami. Sochinen po noveĭshim i dostovernym svedenii︠a︡m, v polʹzu obuchai︠u︡shchikhsi︠a︡ Rossiĭskoĭ Geografii i dli︠a︡ sostavlenii︠a︡ dorozhnikov puteshestvennikam, Sluzhashchim v Voenno-topograficheskom Depo, Svity Ego Imperatorskago Velichestva po kvartirmeĭsterskoĭ chasti Podpolkovnikom Pi︠a︡dyshevym, 1821 goda. [SPb., 1820-1827]. Gravi︠u︡ra, raskrashena. Kartograficheskai︠a︡ setka cherez 1°; schet dolgot ot Ferro. Parallelʹno na nemet︠s︡kom i︠a︡zyke.
  • -  Uslovnye znaki: naselennye punkty (5 grupp), korchmy, pochtovye stant︠s︡ii, dorogi (2 vida), granit︠s︡y (gosudarstvennai︠a︡, gubernskai︠a︡, ober gouptmanstv, gouptmanstv), tamozhennye zastavy. Ukazateli: Nazvanii︠a︡ Ober Gauptmanstv (I-V); Nazvanii︠a︡ Gauptmanstv (A-K); Izʺi︠a︡snenie granit︠s︡ (A-F).
  • -  Original map at: National Library of Russia
  • -  From the atlas "Географической атласъ Россiйской Имперiи, Царства Польскаго и Великаго княжества Финляндскаго."
  • -  No. 6 Из издания: Географический атлас Российской империи, Царства Польскаго и Великаго Княжества Финляндского. Расположенный по губерниям на двух языках с означением в оных городов, местечек, сел, деревень и всех примечательнейших мест; почтовых и больших проезжих дорог, станций и разстояний между оными, и прочими селениями в верстах и милях. На 70 листах с Генеральною картою и Таблицею разстояния верст по почтовым дорогам между знатнейшими городами. Сочинен по новейшим и достоверным сведениям, в пользу обучающихся Российской Географии и для составления дорожников путешественникам, Служащим в Военно-топографическом Депо, Свиты Его Императорскаго Величества по квартирмейстерской части Подполковником Пядышевым, 1821 года. [СПб., 1820-1827]. Гравюра, раскрашена. Картографическая сетка через 1°; счет долгот от Ферро. Параллельно на немецком языке.
  • -  Условные знаки: населенные пункты (5 групп), корчмы, почтовые станции, дороги (2 вида), границы (государственная, губернская, обер гоуптманств, гоуптманств), таможенные заставы. Указатели: Названия Обер Гауптманств (I-V); Названия Гауптманств (А-К); Изъяснение границ (А-F).

Medium

  • 1 hand colored engraved map ; 40 x 38 cm.

Source Collection

  • Geographical Atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018688641

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Pi︠A︡Dyshev, Vasiliĭ Petrovich, Creator, Contributor Iwanoff, and Associated Name Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot. Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Kurli︠a︡ndskoĭ Gubernii Sʺ pokazaniemʺ pochtovykhʺ i bolʹshikhʺ proi︠e︡zzhikhʺ dorogʺ, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ mezhdu onymi verstʺ. [Saint Petersburg, Russia: Military Topographical Depot, 1820] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018688641/.

APA citation style:

Pi︠A︡Dyshev, V. P., Iwanoff, C. & Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot, A. N. (1820) Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Kurli︠a︡ndskoĭ Gubernii Sʺ pokazaniemʺ pochtovykhʺ i bolʹshikhʺ proi︠e︡zzhikhʺ dorogʺ, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ mezhdu onymi verstʺ. [Saint Petersburg, Russia: Military Topographical Depot] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018688641/.

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Pi︠A︡Dyshev, Vasiliĭ Petrovich, Creator, Contributor Iwanoff, and Associated Name Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot. Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Kurli︠a︡ndskoĭ Gubernii Sʺ pokazaniemʺ pochtovykhʺ i bolʹshikhʺ proi︠e︡zzhikhʺ dorogʺ, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ mezhdu onymi verstʺ. [Saint Petersburg, Russia: Military Topographical Depot, 1820] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018688641/>.