Published by Artist: Olearius Adam ( - 1671 ) Hamburg; issued in: Paris; - Adam Olearius was a travel writer diplomat regional historian and linguist Duke Friedrich III von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf planned the opening of a trade route via Persia and Russia to northern Germany A contract was signed with Tsar Michail Feodorowitsch (1596?1645) that governed Schleswig-Holstein Allowed merchants to transport certain personal goods through Russia and to set up storage areas along the Volga The mission was a diplomatic and commercial failure but Oleariu's travelogue made it a milestone in geography and ethnology O was appointed court mathematician to the duke in 1639 and also took over the position of court librarian in 1649 He supplemented the library with, 1603
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Add to basketTechnic: Copper print, colorit: coloredcondition: Missing part at upper center perfectly replaced, size (in cm): 38,5 x 109,5 cm cm; - Map shows the lower Volga with magnificent cartouches and depictions of a Tatar market life, camels and rural scenery. Furthermore, a general view of the city of Soratov and Astrakhan located at the mouth of the Volga.