Russie / Russia cum Consinijs

Title

Russie / Russia cum Consinijs

Description

Map of European Russia and Scandinavia with a title cartouche and a decorative mileage-scale cartouche.

ca. 1632

Artist

Mercator (1512-1594)

Gerardus Mercator (1512 - 1594). He was a cartographer, philosopher and mathematician. He is best known for his work in cartography, in particular the world map of 1569 based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines. He is renowned to the present day as the cartographer who created a world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines. In his own day he was the world's most famous geographer but in addition he had interests in theology, philosophy, history, mathematics and magnetism as well as being an accomplished engraver, calligrapher and maker of globes and scientific instruments. He wrote few books but much of his knowledge is to be found in the copious legends on his wall maps and the prefaces that he composed for his atlas ,the first in which the term "atlas" appears and the sections within it.

Historical Description

The Northwest Federal District is an administrative unit in Russia. The administrative center is Saint Petersburg. Northwest Russia covers the north of Russia from the Ural Mountains in the east to the Kola Peninsula in the northwest, as well as the far west of the European part of the Russian Federation, bordering the Baltic Sea, the White Sea and the Arctic Ocean. It should be emphasized that northwestern Russia has by far the largest intact wilderness regions in Europe. The Federal District of Northwest Russia plays an important role in the economic life of Russia - both because of its geographical location and because of its special economic structure. Mechanical engineering, chemical, light and food industries, as well as petroleum industry, forestry and fishing are traditionally the most important industries of the district.