Russia at the beginning of the reign of Peter the Great

DU VAL, Pierre.

Moscovie dite autrement Grande et Blanche Russie.
Paris, 1686. Original colour. 400 x 510mm.

Originally mounted in old paper, probably for inclusion in a composite atlas.

Peter the Great came to the Russian throne in 1682, aged 10. By the time he died in 1725 he had transformed the Tsardom of Russia into the Russian Empire, a major European power.


Stock ID : 11447