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Sanson’s Map of Ancient Sarmatia

Sanson’s Map of Ancient Sarmatia

SKU: 8874
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Title:
Sanson’s Map of Ancient Sarmatia

Date of publication:

  • 1654

    • Printed Measurement:

  • 41.5 x 47.5 cm

    • Publisher:

  • Pierre Mariette

    • Colour:

  • original

    • Mapmaker:

  • Nicolas Sanson

    • Sarmatia utraque Europaea et Asiatica

    This map shows parts of European Russia and Ukraine in antiquity. For Greco-Roman geographers and ethnographers, Sarmatia was in western Scythia, bordering the Roman Empire. Read more

    Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667), founder of the Sanson dynasty of map-makers, is considered by many to be the father of the French school of cartography. He was a prolific and original map-maker, admired for the clarity and scientific accuracy of his maps.

    Condition & Materials

    Copper engraving, 41.5 x 47.5 cm, original hand-colour in outline, trivial spotting, blank verso.  Read less