Moscovia Sigismundi Liberi Baronis In Herberstain, 1549

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Moscovia Sigismundi Liberi Baronis In Herberstain

One of two maps published in 1549 considered the first modern maps of Russia, which includes a label for Lithvaniæ.” From “Herberstein’s Moscoviter Wunderbare Historien.”

Year

1549

Author

Sigismund Herberstein (Holy Roman Empire Ambassador to Russia)

Augustin Hirschvogel (mapmaker)