Old Map of Russia, 1676 by John Speed - Peter the Great's Russian Empire, Old Europe, Moscow, Kiev, Tatars, Ukraine arts and crafts This is a rare chance

This is a rare chance to see some big cities - Birmingham

but it does cover the rest of Europe

Kensal Cemetery

you can see that the West's understanding of Japanese geography was still fairly limited

as the area belonged to Japan at the time

Old Map of Russia, 1676 by John Speed - Peter the Great's Russian Empire, Old Europe, Moscow, Kiev, Tatars, Ukraine arts and crafts This is a rare chanceThis old, monochrome and wonderful map shows Russia as it was in 1676. It was created by John Speed and engraved by Jodocus Hondius, and originally published in Speed's "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine". In the top left corner is a highly detailed map of Moscow a very rare view from the 17th century. At the time this map was made, Peter the Great had just become the Emperor of Russia, and the country now spanned from the Baltic in the east