Картографии царства Земля и ее значения в России XVII века

This monograph by the American historian Valerie Kivelson shows the wonderful world of the Moscow cartography of the 17th century. The maps created for various purpose like sale of the land with the slaves or mapping unknown sites in Siberian colonies is a valuable source on social history of Russia, the spatial ideas, imperial policy and geographic expansion of people in pre-Petrine Russia. Bibliography. Index.