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Moscovia three times. This shows his great and rather correct knowledge of the way in
question, to Persia, too. Some proof makes, too, his detailed diary in which we read about
his numerous measurements along the way, by log (distances) and astrolabe (latitudes). He
also gives many concrete data on estimated value of latitudes as well as distances in miles or
in number of days. The north orientation of his map is the next proof of the modern attitude
to cartography, however, known already from the Ptolemaeus atlas, but more innovative to
Wied's map, which is, according to its author, an eastern one, but south-eastern because of
some elements on the map.
Figure 7.
White Sea region on the genuine map
The visual eastern border of the left half of the map reaches the lower course of the Ob river,
“Tiumen”
region, east coast of Caspian Sea, crosses the
“Ougus”
river, and in the southern
part of the territory reaches the north end of the Persia and Hindukush mountains, where
river Ougus takes its source. As far as the descriptions of the rivers here is concerned, the
author asks the reader to be understanding if she will not always follow the principle to
describe them from the upper course as it is usually practiced. To continue the subject and
going from the south-eastern part there is the Black Sea but it is covered by the cartouche
containing the comprehensive dedication to Henry Sidney, as the sponsor of the map. We
can only notice the north part of the Sea, i.e. Azov Sea
(“Palus Meotis”
in the map
).
In the
western part of the Sea is the Dnieper river
(“Biri
tines uel neper”
in the map). The river goes
from the north reaching its source in the non-existing
“volock”
lake.
Into the Azov Sea flows Don river
(
“don uel tanais fl.”)
. Then it turns to the north-eastern
direction, where from the west it leaves the
“Crimea”
region. Further the river passes
