USSR History Atlas for School, 1965
This is the cover of the atlas for the school lesson “History of USSR” for the 7th grade, issued in the year 1965. The map shows the territorial expansion of
Hand-crafted Maps in Court
How long should litigation take? We don’t expect to get a judgment in a few days or months, of course. But what if it lasts for centuries? In the time
Ancient Roman Maps – Peutinger Table
The Romans were known not only for their great roads but also for their road maps, which looked more like a table. One of the most famous is the so-called
Ptolemy’s World Map
The Greek scientist Claudius Ptolemy (c. 90 – 168) is one of the most famous cartographers in the world, although none of his maps has been preserved, they were burned
Chuhuiv Old Maps and Military Topography
Chuhuiv (Chuguev) is a small city in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine. Its population is only about 32,5 thousand people, but it has a strong tradition in cartography and topography. I
Catal Huyuk Ancient Map
Catal Huyuk (Çatalhöyük) was an ancient city in the southern part of Anatolia (Turkey). In 1963 the archeologists had found a neolithic wall painting, that looks like a plan of
Ancient Cartography of Archaeological Age
In 1965 the Ukrainian archeological expedition discovered one of the world’s oldest cartographic finds of mankind. This is a picture of terrain on a fragment of a mammoth tusk. It
Map of the lower reaches of the Dnieper of the XVII century
Map of the lower reaches of the Dnieper. First known as part of the Radziwill map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by Tomasz Makovsky in 1613, a separate print