Historic Map : Stieler Antique Map of Northern Russia, 1873, Vintage Wall Art World Depicts the 'Great Circle' - verso covered in military aviation information. 5248392 Italy and the Netherlands

Italy and the Netherlands

under the protection of Great Britain

Divided up into 20 arrondissments

scene of countless naval battles

the copyright reads: "Entered according to the Act of Congress in the Year of 1846 by J

Historic Map : Stieler Antique Map of Northern Russia, 1873, Vintage Wall Art World Depicts the 'Great Circle' - verso covered in military aviation information. 5248392 Italy and the NetherlandsThis is a beautiful example of Stieler's 1873 map of northern Russia. The map covers from the Arctic Sea south to the Onega Lake and Petrosawodsk and from the Gulf of Kandalaksa to the Ural Mountains. The Kolguyev Island, unexplored until 1894, are identified as 'uninhabited.' 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 liberated