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Giacomo Gastaldi (1500 - 1566) - map of 1551 (in the map itself the 1550 date has been
written).
When we are examining toponymy we take into account such physiographic elements as:
mountains, rivers, lakes, gulfs or bays, islands, peninsulas but as well as names of cities,
ethnic or administrative names and every other elements that bear the geographical names
in the maps.
The other phenomenon is when the names differ sometimes only in their orthography, but
in some cases there are quite unrecognizable changes to the names. To mention some of
them there are for instance: “Kinieshma” in temporary map, “Kmysma” in the Jenkinson's
map, “ Kmÿshma ” in Ortelius' rendition and “Kmijshma” in de Jode's rendition. If we
compare the genuine Jenkinson's map with Doetecum map there is for instance “Choghloma”
in Jenkinson's and “Czohloma” in Doetecum map.
The case is very interesting if we compare Jenkinson's map with Wied's map. The latter
used so-called Cyrillic script, not only for the names but for the quite comprehensive text
situated in the bottom of the map as well.
Figure 11. Fragment of the cartouche from the Wied's map of Russia
The names in question have double forms - in Latin and Cyrillic script. The next question is
how the two editions of the Wied's map differ from each other. In his map of Moscovia
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