КАРТА РИЖСКОГО ЗАЛИВА С МООН-ЗУНДОМ, СОСТАВЛЕНА С ОПИСЕЙ 1843-1859, 1895

[KARTA RIZHSKAGO ZALIVA S MOON ZUNDOM, SOSTAVLENA S OPISEJ 1843-1859]. (CHART OF RIGA
BAY WITH MOON SOUND, COMPILED FROM INVENTORIES 1843-1859.) , St. Peters- burg, 99 x 66.5 cm lithograph. The map’s depiction extends from Ventspils, Lativa to Meremõisa, Estonia, just west of Talinn. Prominently featured are Riga (today the capital of Latvia) and Pärnu, Estonia. Pärnu is further detailed in the large inset in the upper right, with its even grid of streets bound within fortified walls. With toponymy written entirely in Russian Cyrillic, the chart features copious amounts of nautical information, including bathymetric soundings, the locations of shoals and hazards and magnetic declination. One of the finest attributes of the chart, is its inclusion of vignettes depicting almost three dozen lighthouses in the region, with the radii of their lights marked on the chart. The first edition of the chart was printed in 1862, while this edition features many corrections and improvements from surveys.