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Decorative map of the entire Empire of Russia, extending to the Pacific Ocean.
A superb and decorative map of greater Russia, extending from Livonia in the west to Kamchatka in the east. To the south it runs from Georgia (not shown as part of Russia) across the Caspian and Uzbekistan to include Tibet. Korea and part of Japan appear at right. It is filled with place names, and even includes nomadic tent encampments in Mongolia. The Kamchatka Peninsula is presented in a curious shape owing to the lack of geographic information about the region.
The map is embellished with an elaborate cartouche showing 3 Russian Monarchs.
Matthäus Seutter (1678-1757) was a prominent German mapmaker in the mid-eighteenth century. Initially apprenticed to a brewer, he trained as an engraver under Johann Baptist Homann in Nuremburg before setting up shop in his native Augsburg. In 1727 he was granted the title Imperial Geographer. His most famous work is Atlas Novus Sive Tabulae Geographicae, published in two volumes ca. 1730, although the majority of his maps are based on earlier work by other cartographers like the Homanns, Delisles, and de Fer.
Alternative spellings: Matthias Seutter, Mathaus Seutter, Matthaeus Seutter, Mattheus Seutter
