Antique map of Ukraine from 1760 Theatrum belli Russorum
Original title: The Theater of the Russian War, Illustrated by Victories: or a new and accurate depiction of the Turkish and Tatar provinces between the rivers Tyras, that is the Dniester, and Tanais, that is the Don, along the eastern shore of the Black Sea and in the Tauric Chersonesus (Crimea).
Year of publication:
1760
Place of publication:
Augsburg, Germany
Author:
Tobias Conrad Lotter (1717-1777)
Size:
57 x 49 cm
Provenance:
purchased from private collection in Nuremberg (Germany)
Artifact Category:
Antique map of Ukraine, 18th century
Historical Significance
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Description
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A European snapshot of the northern Black Sea theater during the 18th-century Russo-Ottoman rivalry. It explicitly names the Ukrainian lands and separates the Zaporozhian Cossack domain, providing primary evidence of contemporary political vocabulary before late-imperial redrawing. The concurrent labels Ukraina and Zaporovi act as concise visual proof of the Cossack political space known across Europe. Fortified towns and crossings make the map useful for reconstructing campaign logistics and trade routes.
Two Baroque cartouches with martial allegories and trophies, dense burin hatching, signature Augsburg hand color. The lower cartouche with nomadic imagery underscores steppe Tartary.
Copper engraving with original hand color. Laid paper with watermark. Standard Lotter folio atlas format.
Covers Region between the Dniester and the Don, from Podolia and the Hetmanate down to Perekop and Crimea. Black Sea as Pontus Euxinus, Sea of Azov as Maeotis Palus. Key towns marked include Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Ochakiv, Bendery, Perekop, Bakhchisarai. Clear labels Ukraina, Zaporovi or Campi deserti Zaporovi, Sloboda Ukraina.
Very good. Strong impression, even old color, full margins. Light rolling from past storage, minor edge rubbing, faint old central fold.