THE FIRST ATTEMPTS OF CARTOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS USING IN THE EARLY
RUSSIAN CARTOGRAPHY
L. Zinchuk
State Russian
Library, Map Department,
map@rsl.ru
The majority of early Russian
cartographical works of the 16th , 17th and early 18th centuries was
compiled to represent general view of the country’s land, its settlements,
hydrographic network, frontiers, roads and distances, waterways; to draw
selected towns, cities, fortresses and land holdings. The main characteristic
features of the all early Russian maps were their pictorial graphic design and
the presence of a number of written explanations devoted to explain perspective
images and their space distribution. Notwithstanding the fact that up to the
present day there is no evidence of the existence of any official written
instructions for mapping the Old Russian maps were very similar in many
respects. And one of the similar features of the early Russian maps was the
appearance of the first attempts of the cartographic simbols using from the very beginning of the 17th century.
At first Old Russian cartographers tried somehow or other to represent property
of the Nature by means of letters, simple drawings and then with the help of
special symbols. Several maps may be citied as examples of this: “The drawing
of the cavern of Reverend father
The proposal is intended for analysis and comparison of specific features used cartographic symbols, their sets and design on the early Russian geographical images of the 17th century, on the drawings by S. Remezov and several map examples of 18th century.
THE FIRST
ATTEMPTS OF THE USE OF CARTOGRAPHIC SIMBOLS IN THE EARLY RUSSIAN CARTOGRAPHY
L. Zinchuk
The State Russian Library, The Map Department,
map@rsl.ru
The majority of early Russian
cartographical works of the 16th , 17th and early 18th centuries was
compiled to represent general view of the country’s land, its settlements,
hydrographic red, frontiers, roads and distances, waterways; to draw selected
towns, cities, fortresses and land holdings. The main characteristic features
of the all early Russian maps were their pictorial graphic design and the
presence of a number of written explanations devoted to explain perspective
images and their space distribution. Notwithstanding the fact that up to the
present day there is no evidence of the existence of any official written
instructions for mapping the Old Russian maps were very similar in many
respects. And one of the similar
features of the early Russian maps was the appearance of the first attempts of
using of cartographic signs from the very beginning of the 17th century. At first Old Russian cartographers tried
somehow or other to represent property of the Nature by means of letters,
simple drawings and then with the help of special signs. Several maps may be
citied as examples of this: “The drawing of the cavern of Reverend father
The proposal goes to analyze and compare specific features of using of cartographic signs, their sets and design on the early Russian geographical images of the 17th century, on the drawings by S. Remezov and several map examples of 18th century.