Map of the Russian Empire and of all Tartary, both the Greater Asiatic and the Lesser European, compiled from the most recent and approved records and reports
Imperii Russici et Tartariae universae tam majoris et Asiaticae quam minoris et Europaeae tabula ex recentissimis et probatissimis monumentis et relationibus concinnata
Homann Heirs, Nuremberg (after Strahlenberg and Kirilov)
How we know
compilation Assembled from earlier sources. The author did not observe it directly.
Compilation: Homann Heirs' redaction of Strahlenberg 1730 and Kirilov 1734; no observation.
Research notes
- Derived from Strahlenberg 1730 and Kirilov 1734 (the title says 'from the most recent records'); issue dates vary by copy (1739 vs 1759). Not independent. IA catalogue title contains OCR errors ('Unibversae', 'probantissimis').
- Found via IA search creator:Homann title:Russi* (10 hits) and Europeana 'Imperii Russici et Tartariae universae' (6 hits).
Why it matters
The standard German-atlas map (1739-1760s) that packages Strahlenberg's Siberia and Kirilov's Russia under the double heading 'Russian Empire and all Tartary, greater Asiatic and lesser European', the clearest printed statement of the 18th-century distinction between Great Tartary (Asia) and Little Tartary (Crimea).
Places named
Russian Empire; Great Tartary (Asiatic) and Lesser Tartary (European, Crimea); Siberia; Caspian; Kalmyk and Kirghiz steppe; Chinese frontier
Who copied whom
- this one was drawn from it (stated)Homann Heirs c.1739 from Strahlenberg 1730
- this one was drawn from it (stated)Homann Heirs c.1739 from Kirilov 1734
- Imperium Russicum omnisque Tartaria M055, c. 1762drawn from this one (probable)Lotter reduces the Homann/Seutter Russia and Tartary maps