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The Godunov map was an ethnographic map of Siberia commissioned by Alexis of Russia on 15 November 1667. [1] The original is no longer extant, but two copies were made: one by Claes Johansson Prytz and the other by Fritz Cronman. [2] [3] It is named after Petr Ivanovich Godunov the governor (voivode) of Tobolsk. [1] [4] [5]
Pages in category "16th-century maps and globes" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. ... Mercator 1569 world map; Murerplan; O. Ostrich Egg ...
The Piri Reis map is a famous world map created by 16th-century Ottoman Turkish admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. The surviving third of the map shows part of the western coasts of Europe and North Africa with reasonable accuracy, and the coast of Brazil is also easily recognizable.
16th century. Piri Reis Map (Ottoman Empire, 1513) Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Ortelius, Flanders, 1570–1612) Mercator's Atlas (1578) 17th century. Atlas Novus (Blaeu, Netherlands, 1635–1658; 1645 edition at UCLA) Dell'Arcano del Mare (England/Italy, 1645–1661) Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (France, 1658–1676) Klencke ...
Siberia is known for its long, harsh winters, with a January average of −25 °C (−13 °F). [6] Although it is geographically in Asia, Russian sovereignty and colonization since the 16th century has led to perceptions of the region as culturally and ethnically European. [7]
1905 map of Siberia. The Siberia Governorate was established in 1708 as part of the administrative reforms of Peter I. In 1719, the governorate was divided into three provinces, Vyatka, Solikamsk and Tobolsk. In 1762, it was renamed to Tsardom of Siberia (Сибирское царство).
Semyon Ulyanovich Remezov (Russian: Семён Улья́нович Ре́мезов; ca. 1642, Tobolsk - after 1720, Tobolsk) was a Russian historian, architect and geographer of Siberia. He is responsible for compiling three collections of maps, charts and drawings of Siberia, which effectively became atlases of the area. [1]
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