This map is based on the travels of Isaac Massa, who visited Moscow in the early 1600s, during the turmoil in Russia following the death of Tsar Boris Godunov and the assassination of the False Dimitry, who only reigned as Tsar for ten months before he was killed in 1606. It details the area from Finland to Siberia and beyond the Jenisej River and south to the Volga River, with Kazan and Novogorod shown. A partial coastline of Novaya Zemla is shown at the top of the map. The map is fully engraved with mountains, forests, deer, bears, and more. The title cartouche is flanked with pelts, and hunters and a wide variety of animals surround the scale of miles. The crest of the Russian Empire is shown at top. The map is nearly identical to Blaeu's map of the same title. This is the second state, with "Janssonio-Waesbergios" added to the distance scale. Blank verso, published between 1680-83.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1801:1.2.

Condition: B+

A sharp impression with full contemporary color on a lightly toned sheet with scattered foxing that is mostly confined to the blank margins.