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Russian Cartography of The Baltic Sea:
The Eighteenth Century

Russian version. Courtesy M. G. Maliyavko, Morintech

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Atlas of the Baltic Sea by Aleksei Nagaev, 1757

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Helsinki University Library

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Alexei Ivanovich Naga'ev Atlas of the Baltic Sea, 1757, Helsinki University Library

[Title page:] ATLAS' | VSEGO BALTIJSKAGO | MORYA | s' | FINSKIM' I BOTNICHESKIM' ZALIVAMI, S' SHKAGER'-RAKOM', KATEGATOM'; | ZUNDOM' I BELTAMI, | v' | GENERALNYKH' MORSKIKH' I SPETSIALNYKH' KARTAKH' SOSTAYASHSCHIJ, | V' KOTOROM | vse Baltijskago morya raznykh' sochinenij morskïya karty sobrany, razsmotreny, i Rossij-|kimi plavatelyami na istinnye mezhdu mest' kompasnye rumby i distantsïi privedeny, | i vymerennymi po prostranstvu morya i u beregov' glubinami, vnov najden-|nymi tam' zhe podvodnymi melyami dopolneny. | A | V' SINUSE FINSKOM' | vse morskïe berega s' ostrovami, shkherami, rejdami, zalivami, portami i rechnymi ust'yami, | s' glubinami pri nikh, i mezhdu shkher' morya farvaterov' so mnogimi vnov' | naJdennymi melyami, pod' vladenïem' | EYA IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA | sostoyashschïe, | PO UKAZU | EYA IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA | iz' Gosudarstvennoj Admiraltejskoj Kollegïi Noyabrya II dnya, 1776 [correction with pencil 1746] goda vnov' opisany, vymereny, i v' istinnykh' | polozhenïya ikh', i mezhdu mest', kompasnykh' rumbakh' i distantsïyakh', na morskiya karty, dlya bez-|opasnejshago Rossijskomu flotu plavanïya postavleny | FLOTA KAPITANOM' PERVAGO RANGA | ALEKSEEM' NAGAEVYM'. Vyrezyvanïem' k' pechati na doskakh' okonchany 1752 goda. Pechatan pri Admiraltejskoj Kollegïi v' Tipografïi morskago SHlyahetnago | kadetskogo Korpusa Aprelya ___ dnya 1757 goda. 59 cm

  • General chart of the Baltic Sea   (hres)

    [1] [C:] GENERALNAYA| MERKATORSKAYA GRADUSNAYA| KARTA s' pokazanïem' v' nej shiriny(m?) dliny vsekh' v' Baltiis|kom ili vostochnom Mori i v Belte mest' i raztoyanïi| mezhdu imi v' milyakh' (mashtaba po shirinam pribavlyae|mago:) po rumbam' kompasa pravago. Sochinena shvetskim' komandorom' i lots'direktorom Nils' Shtrem'krona.| Perevedeno tchshanïem' s shvetskago yazyka na Rossïis|koj i popravleno trudami flota kapitana| Alexeya Nagaeva. [General map of the Baltic Sea]. - (chart). - 1 - 532x621 - Inset: SPETSIALNAYA| KARTA| GOTLANDA. - 324x240 [irregular]. Includes latitude and longitude scales. Graduated (53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62° N) scale bars in Swedish and German miles. Compass roses and rhumb lines. Description: Decorative cartouche with double-headed eagle of Russia, Neptune and nereid & fish. According to the chart of Nils Strömcrona.
  • Gulf of Bothnia    (hres)

    [2] [C:] GENERALNAYA MORSKAYA GRADUSNAYA| Karta ploskaya nad'| NORREBOTENO ili NORD'-BODENOM'| Sochinena po sobstvennomy usmotrenïyu i mery| vysoty polyusa : a po tom' polozheno pogreshe-|nïe kompasa, i berega naznacheny po istinnoj ma|gnitnoj strele, i spovnena s drugimi tochnymi| morskimi kartami : i land'-kartami, opisal'| i vymeryal' shvetskoj komandor' i lots' dï|rektor' Nils' Shtrem' krona.| Perevedeno tchshanïem' s shvetskago yazyka na| Rossijskoj, i popravleno trudami flota| kapitana Alexeya Nagaeva. [Map of the Gulf of Bothnia].- 2 - 612x530. - Scale bars in Swedish and German miles. Latitude graduation. Compass rose and rhumb lines. Description: Decorative cartouche with dog-like animals and vases. Coats of arms of the Swedish provinces on the shores.
  • Kattegat and the Belts  A (hres) and B (hres)

    [3] [C:] Generalnaya Morskaya Karta,| BOLSHOVA i MALOVA BELTOV'| s' KATEGATOM'| Kotoroj nachinaetsya so Dornbusha (:na ostrove Rugene:) mi|mo ostrova Finena do Skager'rifa. A o_ tuda k_ Norvezhkim| granitsam' k_ Svin' zundu, s' zhilymi ostrovami: Baguskago,| Gotenburgskago i Gallanskova uezdov', chrz' Erezunt', mimo Skani| i Zelanda do Falstera i Meuna, so vsemi okolo lezhashimi| ostrovami: sochinena __ ilseyuchshimsya landkartam' (:i mor|skim' tekh' mest' kartam':) takzhe po shturmanskim'| observatsiam': a o_ chasti po sobstvennomu usmotreniyu opi|sana i vymerena chrez shvetskogo komandorailots'|direktora| Nils' Shtrem'-krona. - 3 529 x 1030 Insets: Spetsialnaya| morskaya karta| Gavani| MARSTRAND'| prikhoda v_ nee| i vykhoda| s' farvaterom'| i| yakornymi| mestami. - 222 x 230. Scale in German miles; Spetsialnaya morskaya karta| vkhoda s' morya v| KONGS'-GAMN'| (kotoroj est' v Shkager-rake protiv| Udde-valla i Skagena:) mimo bakkena Selg'. - 223 x 185. Scale in German miles; Karta morskaya spetsialnaya| prokhodov' s_ morya k'| GOTENBURGU| mimo bakena na (:ostrov':) Vinge,| s_ prochimi prokhodami,| opisana i vymerena| shvetskim komandorom i lots' direktorom| Nils' Shtremkrona. - 292 x 280. Scale in German miles; Spetsialnaya karta prokhodov| s morya v_ gavan'| MALEZUND'| kotoraya nakhoditsya v_| Kategate| pred'| Nidingom'. - 193 x 208. Scale in German miles. - Spetsialnaya morskaya karta| rejdy i| prokhoda| s_ morya| k_ gorodu| VISMARU. - 166 x 812. Scale in German miles. Folded sheet consisting of two pieces glued together.
  • The Sound   (hres)

    [4] Spetsïalnaya morskaya Karta| nad' zuntom' ___ falsterbo do Kola, mezhdu| shonoyu u zelandeïeyu s' prokhodami morskimi| mimo| KOPENGAGENA I GELSENORA| Datskoi opisi rozmatrivana i predstavlena Admiraltejskoj| kollegïi flota Kapitanom' Nagaevym'. - 379 x 543 Scale in German miles. Sheet is not filling the format. Number (4) is missing. Description: Decorative cartouches.
  • German and Swedish coasts     (hres)

    [5] [C:] Karta| MORSKAYA AKKURATNAYA| nachast baltiskago morya mezhdu pomeranski-|mi meklenburskimi datskimi i shvetski-|mi beregami ot' Borngolma do Lyubeka _beregov| goletinskikh' Spokazaniem' vnei prokhodo-|v' zbaltijskago morya skvoz' zund'| takzhe bolshoi i maloi belty i skager'|rak' s' vymerennymi glubinami otutklivkor' [?] do travemyunda iz' plava-|nïya rossiiskikh' paket botov'| CHastizhe beregov' glubiny vpro|tchikh' morya mestakh' sobrany s'| novykh' lutchikh' kart' Sochine-|na nakompas' imeyushchei sklonenïe| zapadnoe po ukazu| EYA IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA iz' Admi|ralteiskoi kollegïi flota| kapitanom pervago ranga| Alekseem' Nagaevym'| 1753 Goda. [Map of the Southern Baltic Sea]. - 5 558 x 746. Description: Cartouche with a coat of arms, birds. Coats of arms - Denmark, Holstein, Mecklenburg (?), Pomerania.
  • Pomerania    (hres)

    [6] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA AKURATNAYA| soderzhashchaya vsebe chast baltiskogo morya mezhdu beregami shvets|kimi i pomeranskimi ot goborkha i dantsiga do ostrova borngolma opisana| i vymerena po ykazu EYA IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA iz'| Admiralteiskoi kollegïi v kotoroj distantsïya mezh' goborkhai gi|lem' na plavanïyakh' leitenanta Viniova 750 goda i proshlikh'| godov' paket' botskikh' a distantsiyazh' i rumby mezhdu| goborkhom' i borngolmom' ot goroda Arkhangelskago| prikhodyashchikh' karablei i paket' botskikh' pla-|vanïyakh' osnovany i glubiny morya mezhdu| temizh' mestami vymereny temizh' opi-|satelmi a chasti beregov' shvetskikh' i pomeran-|skikh' ot goborkha i gilya i ostrovu borngolmu po-|lozhenishvetskikh' kart'.| Razsmotrena vypravlena i vvernoe sostoyanïe privedena| i sochinena na kompas' rumba sklonenïe emyushchej zapa-|dnoe flota kapitanom Alekseem' Nagaevym' 1753. - Grydoroval Georg Unfertsakht'. [Central Baltic Sea between Swedish and German coasts]. 6. 747 x 559. Part of the island of Bornholm appears outside frame on a separate piece of paper pasted on the chart. Portrait orientation. - Description: Decorative cartouche.
  • Poland, Courland, East Prussia    (hres)

    [7] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA AKKURATNAYA| chast baltiskago morya _beregami| kurlyandskimi i pruskimi ischastiyu| ostrova gotlanda ot mysa lyuzerorta| do Dantsiga i mysa Rezergofta, opisana| i vymerena po ukazu EYA| IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA| v admiralteisko_ kollegïi flota leitenantami Viniovym i _ushshchinym i prochimi v'| 749m. 1750m. iv' 751m gode khpolozhenïe beregov' s situ-|atsïeyu vneseno vse karte, kurlyanskikh s novoj| Kurlyanskoj barnvkelevo_a Pruskikh snovykh| shvetskikh i protchikh dostovernykh kart'| a distantsïi ot Lyuzerorta i Goborkha| do Dantsiga polozheny isplavanïei'| pom_nutykh Viniova i Pushchina i prot-|chikhpobekamfunym vlutchim shislenïyam pute,| i_oisv___noj ranosti shitiny, mezh'| lyuzerortami dantsigom, rasmotrena| ivypravlena vvnoe sotoyanïe prvvede|na i sochinena flota kapitanom'| Alexeem Nagaevym | 752 goda. - Gridoroval Georg' Unfertsakht'. [Eastern Baltic]. Number is missing. 746 x 560. Portrait orientation. . Description: Cartouche and scale in Russian versts and German and Italian miles. Numerous soundings. Topographic detail on coasts.
  • Gotland - Saaremaa- Stockholm archipelago    (hres)

    [8] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA AKURATNAYA| soderzhashchaya vsebe chast' baltiskago morya ot vkho|da kabovu ute dogoborkha _a (ostrova gotlanda)| schastiyu ostrovov' dago iEzelya ikurlyandskago| berega ot dager' orta do vindova i do ugla Ba|kovens' is chastiyu Shvetskikh' sher' i beregov'| ot ute do nord' kuga ostrova Elanda. Opisana| ivymerena po ukazu EYA IMPERATORSKAGO| VELICHESTVA iz' Admiralteiskoi kole|gii i kotoruyu vneseny ostrovy dago iEzel| ichast' kurlyandskago berega do vindova so| okuratnoi opisi v' 748 godu. Mastera Le|byadnikova a ot onykh Narumbakh' i dista|ntsïyakh' ostrovy ute igotlandda: imezhdu| tem' vymerena glubina morya splavaniev'| v 749: 750 i 751 godekh' leitenanta vinkova A| chast Shvetskikh' beregov' s' shvetkikh' novykh'| kart' razmotrena i v'ernoe sostoyanie pri|vedena i sochinena nakompas' 3/4 rumba sklo|nenie imeyushchei zapadnoe flota kapitanom' Alekseem' Nagevym' v' 1752 godu. [Northern Baltic Sea]. - 8 557 x 747. The southern part of Gotland appears outside the frame on a separate slip attached to the chart. Description: Cartouche with allegorical nude figures. - Coat of arms of Gotland. Scale in Russian versts and German & Italian miles. Some topographic detail on the western coast, a lot of topographic detail and illustration on the eastern shore (Estonia).
  • Specials on Stockholm archipelago, Blekingen and the Sound    (hres)

    [9] [C:] Nekotorye malye Pas'-Karty| Katorye i meyut' v' cebe| STOKGOLMSKIE - PROEZDY| takozhde BLEKINGSKIE BEREGA| OEREZUNT' i PROEZD'| Bodnyi VSTRALZUND' [Four maps: Stockholm archipelago, The Sound, Coast of Blekingen, Island of Rügen and Stralsund]. - 9 528 x 580. Four charts on the same plate. Scale given on each chart in German miles. [T:] GALFIERDEN, MOïAFIERD. - 310 x 367. [T:] STRALSUND. - 215 x 255. [T:] BLEKINGEN. - 202 x 327. [T:] orsund. - 214 x 324, Description: Cartouche with human figures, one showing a map to an other, background people on shore, ship. Engraved also cloth-like decoration. No topographic detail. [10] [C:] Karta morskaya spetsïalnaya| Sandgamna| Shvetskago ego farvatera prokhodov' yakor-|nykh' mest' kursov' i primet': ostro|vov' shkherov' kamen'ev' pod vodnykh' i nad|vodnykh' observoval' opisal' i vymeryal'| v Iyule mtse 1734 goda shvetskoj koman|dor' ilots' direktor' Nils' Shtrem' krona. Perevedeno tshchanïem s shvetskago yazyka na Rossï|jskoj i popravleno trudami flota Ka=|pitanom Alexeya Nagaeva. - 10 528 x 612. Insets: [C:] Karta Morskaya Spetsïalnaya| Prokhoda severnago s morya c Stokgolmskïya| shkhery mezhdu Sederarmsk_ bakenom ostrov_m kerve|nom' ikostrovu Rodmanshen' chrez' Furuzund. - 148 x 190; [T:] Karta Morskaya| Spetsïalnaya| Prokhoda s' morya v' Ba|rezund' (:kotoroj est'| v' shvetskomu beregu mezh|du Seder-kepingom i Ves|tervikom':) mimo bakena na Geradskere. - 133 x 190;

    Blekingen and Sandhamn   (hres)

    [T:] BLE|KIN|GEN Karlsgamn'. - 247 x 190 [Three maps with titles map insets and one untitled map inset, Sandhamn, Coast of Blekingen (Karlshamn, Lyckeby), Söderarms båken-Kierven-Furusung, Baresund-Häradskär]. Description: Little topographic detail, no decoration.
  • Specials on Gotland    (hres)

    [11] [Three charts on the same plate]. - 11 528 x 615. [C:] Karta morskaya spetsïalnaya| FOREZUNDA| na ostrove| GOTLANDE| razmotrena, opisana, ivymere-|na i sochinena: shvetskim' koman-|dorom' i lots' direktorom'| Nils' SHtrem-krona [Strömcrona]. - 528 x 290. [C:] Karta morskaya spetsïalnaya| SLITEGAMNA| na ostrove| GOTLANDE,| razmotrena, opisana, vymerena i so-|chinena :shvetskim' komandorom' i lots' direktorom' Nils' Shtrem'-krona| Perevedeno tshchanïem' s_ Shvetskago| yazyka na Rossïjskoj, i popravleno trudami flota kapitana| Alexeya Nagaeva. - 257 x 325. [C:] Karta| morskaya spetsïalnaya| Gavani| Vizbi| na ostrove| Gotlande| razmotrena, opisana| vymerena i sochinena:| shvetskim komandorom'| i lots' direktorom'| Nils' SHtrem'-krona. - 270 x 320 (irregular) [C:] Karta morskaya spetsïalnaya | BUSVIKS-GAMNA| na ostrove| GOTLANDE| razmotrena, opisana vymerena i so-|chinena : SHvetskim' komandorom' i| lots' direktorom' Nils' SHtrem' krona. - 168 x 160 (irregular). Desription: Very large scale maps with several soundings. Chart of Visby displays guns and warehouses and other structures, in cartouche Dutch style decoration with a face and fruit. Maps display also churches also using some symbols.
  • Gulf of Riga, Saaremaa, Hiiumaa   (hres)

    [12] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA AKKURATNAYA| chast Baltiskago morya _ beregami| Estlandïi, Liflandïi i Kurlandïi| ot' zalivy Rogorvitskoj do mysa Lyu-|zer' orta, i goroda Vindova, sMon-|zundom' v z'zali__yu Rizhskoyu| sostrovami Dago, Ezelem' iprot-|chimi, opisana i vymerena po uka|zu EYA IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA iz' admiral-|teiskoj kollegïi, beregv opisany| flota masterom' Lebyadnikovym'| glubiny vynereny v Gundet__, tak-|zhe melkïe vody zapadnee iyuzhnee| Ezelya v Rizhkoj zaliv', i v Monzun|de, flota masterom' chernevym'| michmanami pleshcheevym' i ryabini-|nym' a dalee ot' bere-|gov' v' sinuse fins-|kom' i v Baltiskom'| more, flota lej-|tenantom Vinko-vym' v' 1748m 149m| 1750m i 1751m godekh'| raz'smotrena vypra-|vlena i v' vernoe sosto-|yanie privedena i sochi-|nena na kompas' 3/4 rum-|ba sklonenïe imeyushchej| zapadnoe, flota Ka-|pitanom' Alexeem'| Nagaevym' 1751_ goda. - Gridorov: Georg' Unfertsakht. - 12 730 x 560. Portrait orientation. Description: Lot of topographic details - fields, villages, towns, forts. Cartouche with the Estonian coat of arms. Livonian coat of arms on the map, Courland's coat of arms in the caroutche displaying the scales. Soundings, lines resembling isobaths.
  • River Dvina    (hres)

    [13] [C:] KARTA| SPETSIALNAYA| Nachast' reki dviny ot goroda Rigi s' ust'em ee dorejda vza|live Rizhkoj. morskova, schast'yu tekushej vnee izkurlyandïj| reki Buldery sostrovami melyami sglubinami forvaterov splanami| goroda Rigi i Dinamyund' shants' isovseyu pritom' situatsïeyu| opisana vymerena po ukazu EYA IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA| v Admiraltejskoj kollegïi flota masterom Lebyadnikovym v' 748m godu raz-|smotrena vypravlena i sochinena na kompas' imeyushchej sklonenïe| zapadnoe flota kapitanom Alexeem' Nagaevym' - [T:] Gridoroval Georg' Unfertsakht'. 13 630 x 537. Cartouche includes Pokazanïe literami mest' goroda Rigi [Explanation of letters indicating places in the town of Riga] Portrait orientation. Description: Topographic detail. Decorative cartouche with naked figures, sickle, plant ornaments, coat of arms of Riga.
  • Hiiumaa and vicinity    (hres)

    [14] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA AKKURATNAYA PROSTRANNAGO MASHTABA| SPETRIALNAYA| Nazalivy mezhdu ostrovami Dagom'i Ezelem' gundsvik' apo|strove Ezele Tagolakht' imustel' gamn', spokazanïem' v' nikh' rifov', bankov', i glubin' forvaterov', opisana i vymerena po ukazu EYA IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA iz' Ad-|miralteiskoj kollegïi temizh' afitserami kotorykh'| imyana na generalnykh' na te mesta kartakh' ob'yavleny,| razmotrena vypravlena vvernoe sostoyanïe privedena| i na prostrannom' mashtabe dlyavkhodu karablyam', vta|golakht', sochinena flota kapitanom'| Alexeem' Nagaevym' v' 1752 godu. - Gridoroval' Georg' Unfertsakht'. - number is missing 725 x 560. Portrait orientation. Desciption: Two decorative cartouches. Topography for the islands. A lot of soundings. Depiction of "klint" with 'double' coastline.
  • Gulf of Finland, W   (hres)

    [15] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA AKKURATNAYA| Soderzhashchaya vsebe chast sinusa Fin|skago mezhdu beregami estlyandïi i finlyandïi ot Re-|velya do dagerorta i ot porkolouda do vkhoda k' Abovu nazyvae|momu ute, sovsemi kforvatere morskom ostrovami, inai|den__mi melyamiglubinami ,poukazu EYA IMPERATORSKOGO| VELICHESTVA i Admiraltejskoj kollegïi, sobrana iraznykh| opisej yuzhnojbereg' ot Suropa doGapselya i opisi gospodina Gene-|rala i kovalera barona fon Lyuberasa,chastiMonzunda iostrova Dago| i opisi bytshej v' 748m godu flota mastera Lebyadnikova glubi|na i dotovernaya ____ morya do finski_ skher' i plava-|nïya i vymerivanïya v' 748m, 749m, 750m gode khflotaleitenan|ta Viniova imitshmana Serbina, finskaj berega ot| porkolouda do Ganguta sshkherami do Ute vsituatsïeyu izdo-|stovernykh novykh i shvetskikh kart', spopravlenïem vverenese-|nïem naistinnyya punkty zhnanykh mezhdu imi_____ moryu| mest' yakotoPokolouda, YUsari GangutaUte, po Rosiskam plava|nïyam izmerenïyam razmotrena vypravlena ivvernoe sostayanïe| privedena i sochinena na kompas' 1/2 rumba sklonenie| imeyushchee zapadnoe flota Kapitanom Alexeem'| Nagaevym' 1751 go|da. - Number is missing. 567 x 733. [Western part of the Gulf of Finland]. - Surveys 1748-1760, dated 1751 Nagaev'. - Description: Decorative cartouches naked figures, coat of arms of Estonia. Topography, some soundigs. The coast of Finland is very poorly represented compared to the coast of Estonia.
  • Paldiskilaht, (Rogervik, Pakrilaht)   (hres)

    [16] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA OKKURATNAYA PROSTRANNAGO| MASHTABA SPETSÏALNAYA| Vchasti sinusa finskago berega Estlyanskago, ot mysa paker orta do| mysa shvitgammera, i do ostrova odens'golma spokazanïem' vkho-|da vrogorvik' iglubin' forvaterov', kotoryya vymereny po| ukazu EYA IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA iz' Admiral-|teiskoj kollegïi, bereg v'neseny tochno skart' generala ko-|valera barona fon Lyuberasa, a forvatery vymereny morski-|mi slushitelmi v' 748, 749 i 750m' godekh', raz'smotrena| i naprostannom mashtabe sochinena flota kapitanom'| Alexeem' Nagaevym'. - 16 568 x 778. Folded sheet. Description: DC with fish spear, Neptune like male figure with a vessel - pouring out water. faces, two angels, on blowing a horn. Topographic detail, soundings, contours.
  • Hankoniemi    (hres)

    [17] [T:] GANGOUT'. - Unnumbered, 417 x 390. Portrait; One page. South on top of map. Description: Profile of the coast in the margin. Undated, scattered soundings. Result of military reconnaissance.
  • Tvärminne    (hres)

    [18] [C:] Prikhod' s' morya v' tvermint' [Entrance to Tvärminne]. - Unnumbered, 507 x 320. Portrait; One page only. South on top of map. Description: Map sketch with scattered soundings. Profile of the coast.
  • Gulf of Finland, central part   (hres)

    [19] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA OKURATNAYA| soderzhashchaya vsebe chast' sinusa finskago mezhdu beregami Estlyandïii Finlayandïi ot ostrova Goglanda do mysa suropa so vsemi vforvatere morskom| ostramova inaidennymi melyami bankami i glubinami po ukazu EYA IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA iz Admiralteiskoj kollegïi sobrana izraznykh opisej| bereg' yuzhnoj ot rechki purts' do mysa pirkisar' iz opisej gospodina generala i kovalera barona fon Lyuberasa, a ot togo do Suropa sovsemi predtem ostrovami i me-|lyami takzhe iz dostovernoyu shitinoyu morya ot nargina do porkalouda iz' opisi byt_ejv' 747m v 748m, 749m i 750m godekh' flota leitenanta Vinkova| i mastera Lebyadnikova, finskago berega ot vostoka do granitsy SHvetskoj sovsemi predtem shkherami i ostrov' Gogland i protchïya iz' opisi byt_ei v' 747m| godu flota mastera Lebyadnikova, prokhod smorya kgelsinforsu iz opisi byvshei v' 743m godu flota lejtenanta vasilya Molchanova, protchiyazhe finskïya| berega sshkherami i setuatsïeyu polozheny z dostovernykh novykh kart', glubiny ot goglanda do nargina vymereny masterom Lebyadnikom'| Razmotrena vypravlena v' vernoe sotayanïe privedena i sochinena na kompas' po 1/2 rumba sklonenïe imeyushchej zapodnoe, flota| kapitanom' Alexeem Nagaevym' 1751 goda. - number is missing 557 x 730. Decorative cartouche, coats of arms of Uusimaa|Nyland and Estonia.
  • Coast of Estonia, Tallin    (hres)

    [20] KARTA| MORSKAYA AKKURATNAYA| soderzhashchaya vsebe chast Sinusa Finskago i beregov' Estlandskim ot' mysa igasala| do mysa suropa, srevelskoyu i protchimi zalivami i slezhashchimi predtem' os-|trovami i melyami glubinoyu forvatera, vkotoroj opisano i vymereno po ukazu EYA IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA iz admiralatejskoj Kollegïi, beregami i ostrova| v' 747m godu poldu flota leitenantom' vinkovym', a meli michmanom' serbinym', forvatery masterom'| lebyadnikovym' i protchimi v' 748m, 749m i 750m godekh' razmotrena vypravlena v' vernoe sostoyanïe privedena| i sochinena na kompas' 1/2 rumba sklonenïe imeyushchei zapodnoe flota kapitanom Nagaevym' v' 751m godu. - [Estonian coast of the Gulf of Finland]. 19 557 x 735. Description: Decorative cartouches with two-headed eagle and Estonian coat of arms. Decorative cartouches with scale, face. Topographic detail and soundings
  • Helsinki    (hres)

    [21] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA AKKURATNAYA| Navkhody smorya ifinskoj sandgamn pred gorod' Gel'-|singfors' sovsemi okolo ee shkherami zalivami proliva-|mi i glubinami forvaterov', opisana i vymerena v'| ____dshuyu shvedtsieyu voinu vbytnost' prigelsing-|____ nashikh' pramov' i galer' flota lejtenan-|__m vasil'em Molchanovym v' 743m godu, vdopol-|nenie nadtemzhe vneseno imena mest' s' shvedskoj novoj asetuatsïya snashej| inzhenernoj kart' razsmotrena| vypravlena ivernoe sostoyanïe| pridvedena i sochinena flota kapi|tanom pervago ranga Alexeem' Nagaevym' 1752 godu. - 2[0] 558 x 728. Little topographic detail and scattered soundings. Decorative cartouche.
  • Estonian coast, E.  Part 1 (hres) & Part 2 (hres) (bad image quality)

    [22] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA AKKURATNAYA| SPETSÏALNAYA| Navkhody Sinusa Finskago izalivy v' Estlyandskom beregu kashpervik',| Monvik' Paponvik', Kolkovskuyu Ramosarskuyu, i Ïgosalskuyu lezhashchïya, opi-|sana i vymerena po ukazu EYA IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA| iz' gosudarstvennoj Admiralteiskoj kollegïi temizh' ofitserami ko-|torykh vymerena vvernoe sostoyanïe provedena i naprostrannom mashtabe| sochinena flota kapitanom Alexeem Nagaevym' 1752_ goda. - Gridoroval Georg' Unfertsakht'. - 21 557 x 1010. Folded sheet. Description: Topographic detail, soundings, coat of arms of Estonia in decorative cartouche.
  • Gogland (Suursaari)   (hres)

    [23] [C:]KARTA| MORSKAYA AKKURATNAYA PROSTRANNAGO MASHTABA| SPETSÏALNAYA Vchasti sinusa finskago Nau_ïe i opasnye prokhody mimo ostrovov' Goglanda i protchikh' i mimo melei Star_|_tev' prinyneshnej opisi naidennykh. Opisana i vymerena po ukazu EYA IMPERATORSKAGO| VELICHESTVA iz' Admiralteiskoj kollegïi temizhe ofitserami kotorykh' imena v' Genralnykh'| more__kh nate mesta kartakh' razsmotrena vypravlena vvernoe sostoyanïe privedena| I na prostrannom' mashtabe sochinena flota Kapitanom' Alexeem' Nagaevym'| v 752 m' godu. - 22 740 x 560. Vertical orientation. In NW corner extension on a separate slip glued on the chart (85 x 50). Description: Decorative cartouche with naked infants holding cloth. soundings, lines resembling isobaths, topography of Suursaari very pronounced.
  • St. Petersburg - Vyborg - Gogland   (hres)

    [24] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA AKURATNAYA| soderzhashchaya vsebe chast' Baltijskago| morya sinusa finskago ot' Sanktpeterburga| do ostrova Goglandta s' beregami Ïnger-|mandlandïi, Estlandïi Karelïeyu s' ostrova|mi i melyami i glubinami farvaterov',| iz' raznykh' Rossiskikh' opi-sej| sochinena| na kompas' kotoroj imeet'| sklo-nenïe po rumba zapadnoe| flota kapitanom' Nagaevym'| 1750 goda. - [C:] Beregi sego morya opisany yuzhnoj ot myssa lyutta [?] do rechki izhoritsy generalom kovalerom' baronom' fonlyuberasom' ot' rechki izhoritsy chrez' usty nevy i ottogo| servernoj sshkherami do mysa urponemi granitsy shvetskoi :721: goda flota| kapitanom' Nagaevym' ot' ur'ponemi do zapadnogo ustya reki| kimeni granitsy shvetskoj :743: goda sshkheramizh' masterom' Lebyadni|kovym glubiny vymereny v' shkherakh' ot' zyund guka bnorko do reki kimen'| kapitanom' Nagaevym'| imasterom Lebyadnikovym'| a po shirote morya SHtyur|manom' Tatarinovym'| i prochimi. - Number is missing 560 x 730. - Description: Dated Nagaev' 1750. Surveys: Ljuberas 1721, 1743 Lebyadnikov, Tatarionov, Nagaev. Karelian & Ingrian coat of arms, lot of topographic detail. Decorative cartouche: allegories two-headed eagle caduceus - mercury, Neptune tritons, mermaids arrows star.
  • Loviisa - Kotka, Hamina - Virolahti   (hres)

    [25] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA OKURATNAYA| CHast' Karelïi| Soderzhashchaya v'sebe chast' Baltiskago morya ot mysa lepone-|mi z'zalivoyu Fridrikhs'gamskoyu do zapadnogo ust'ya re-|ki kimis' kotoraya postanovlenaza granitsu so shvetsïeyu,| so vsemi imeyushchimisya vnei beregami zalivami os|trovami shkherami rifami i bankami pod'vodnymi i| naruzhnymi iz' glubinoyu morskikh' karabelnykh' i ga-|lernykh' forvaterov', opisana i vymerena v' 747 godu| posylannymi pod' komandoyu flota kapitana Naga-|eva kompasom' meyushchim' sklonenïe 6 1/2 gradusov'| zapadnoe sochinena po ykazy Admiralteiskoi kolle|gïi v' tomzhe godu. - 24 558 x 784. Folded sheet, worm hole. Some topographic detail, soundings. Decorative cartouche,  scale.
  • Haapasaari (Aspö)   (hres)

    [26] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA OKURATNAYA| Soderzhashchaya vsebe chast finskikh' tak' nazyvaemykh' Aspo gavan' ili per|kel' shkher' simeyushcheyusya vnutr' ikh' gavan'yu i spokazanïem' po onoj| glubiny farvaterov melej rifov' i podvodnago kamen'ya takozh'| vkhodov' i vykhodov' opisana i vymerena naprostrannom' mashtabe| michmanami rtishchevym' i iritskim' rasmotrena ispravlena i sochi|nena flotam kapitanom' Nagaevym' 1748 godu. [Haapasaari|Aspö]. - 25 547 x 784. Folded sheet, worm hole. Lines resembling isobaths , soundings
  • Virolahti - Primorsk (Koivisto)   (hres)

    [27] [C:] KARTA| MORSKAYA OKURATNAYA| chast Karelïi| soderzhashchaya vsebe chast' Baltiskago morya ot ostrovov tor|sara i peisara do mysa karelskago leponemi so vsemi imeyushchi|misya vnei beregami zalivami ostrovami shkherami rifami i| bankami naruzhnymi i podvodnymi iz' glubinoj morskikh'| karabelnykh' i galernykh' forvaterov' opisana i vymerena v'| 739m iv' 747m godekh flota kapitanom' Nagaevym' i posy-|lannymi pod' komanduyu evo kompasom' imeyushchim' sklone|nie 6 1/2 gradusov' zapodnoe sochinena po ukazu Admi-|ralteiskoj kollegïi v' 747m godu. - 25 557 x 715. Worm hole. Decorative cartouche, scale. Soudings, topography. Shows the 1721 and 1743 borders between Russia and Sweden.
  • Gulf of Vyborg (Viipuri)    (hres)

    [28] KARTA| MORSKAYA OKURATNAYA | CHAST KARELÏI| soderzhashaya vsebe chast Baltiskogo morya, Bïorkezunda i Vyborskoj zalivy ot ugla Styursudena do mysa Kaknemi so vsemi lezhashchimi vnej beregami zalivami, ostrovami shkhe|rami, rifam i bankami naruzhnymi i podvodnymi kamen'yami iz' glubinoyu morskikh karabelnikh i galernykh farvaterov, opisana ivymerena v' 739m i 740m godekh kompasom imeyushchim'| sklonenïe 6 1/2 gradusov' zapadnoe flota kapitanom Nagaevym' sochinena po ukazu Admiraltejskoj kollegïi 747m godu. - 27 550 x 750. Scale: coat of arms of Karelia with naked figures. Decorative cartouche with view of the city of Vyborg, coat of arms of the city and two soldiers, one in Roman style armor the other half naked with a club.
  • St. Petersburg - Primorsk - Seskar   (hres)

    [29] Karta| MORSKAYA AKKURATNAYA| soderzhashaya vsebe chast Baltiskago morya sinusa finskago ot' Sankt' Peterburga i nevskikh' us-|tei [erased letters?] do Bïorke zunda, ostrova Seskera, so vsemi lezhashchimi vnej beregami, ostrovami naruzhnymi| i podvodnymi bankami i rafami iz' glubinoyu morskikh' farvaterov' opisana ivymerena po ukazu| EYA IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA v' 740m godu flota kapitanom Nagaevym' kom-|pasom' imeyushchim' sklonenïe 6 1/2 gradusov'zapodnoe sochinena v' 750 godu. 28 558 x 774. Folded sheet. In the West map image continued beyond the border for the island of Seskar (Seiskari). coast of Karelia, Ingria. Lot of topographic detail. Decorative cartouche naked figures, view of Kronstadt. soundings, buoys, lighthouses marked.

Maps include scales in Russian versts and German, Italian and English miles. Atlas begins with introduction: p.[1] Uvedomlenïe plavatelyam' by Nagaev' p.[2] Primechanïe and table of contents p.[3-4] Reestr' kartam' morskim'. all maps blank on verso. the size of the paper sheet of the charts varies and strips of paper have been glued to the charts in order to have them fill the format of the atlas. Pasted on stubs.

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A.I. Nagaev (1704-1780)

 

 

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> General chart
> Gulf of Bothnia
> Kattegat, the Belts.
Part 1 & Part 2
> The Sound
> German and Swedish coasts
> Pomerania
> Poland, Courland, East Prussia
> Gotland - Saaremaa- Stockholm
> Specials on Stockholm archipelago, Blekingen and the Sound
>Blekingen, Sandhamn
>Specials on Gotland
>Gulf of Riga, Saaremaa, Hiiumaa
>River Dvina
>Hiiumaa and vicinity
>Gulf of Finland, W
>Paldiskilaht
>Hankoniemi
>Tvärminne
>Gulf of Finland, central part
>Coast of Estonia, Tallin
>Helsinki
> Estonian coast, E
Part 1 & Part 2
>Gogland (Suursaari)
>St. Petersburg - Vyborg - Gogland
>Loviisa - Kotka, Hamina - Virolahti
>Haapasaari (Aspö)
Virolahti - Primorsk (Koivisto)
>Gulf of Vyborg (Viipuri)
>St. Petersburg - Primorsk - Seskar