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1 map ; 43 x 55 cm. "Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan was a French engineer who worked in Poland between 1630 and 1647. He built fortifications in Ukraine, most of which was then under Polish control, took part in battles with the Cossacks and Tatars, and in 1639 traveled by boat down the Dnieper (Dnipro, in Ukrainian) River. Beauplan produced two important early maps of Ukraine that were based on his own observations and his own careful astronomical and topographic measurements. His map of 1648, shown here, includes detailed information about the border areas, including Tatar routes and forts. The map is oriented with south at the top, a characteristic feature of military maps in countries exposed to attack from the south. The map was engraved by Willem Hondius, the youngest member of the distinguished family of Flemish engravers. In 1651 Beauplan also published, in French, Description d'Ukranie (Description of Ukraine), an important primary source for information about Ukraine in the 17th century." World Digital Library. bono publico erecta per Guilhelmum le Vasseur de Beauplan, S. R. M'tis architectum militarem et capitaneum ; sculpt. Guilhelmus Hondius fecit, Gedani, 1648. Includes text in Latin and French and ill. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Scale ca. 1:1,750,000. Ukraine Maps Early works to 1800 Ukraine G7100 1648 .B4 Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g7100.ct000383 80692351 hdl:loc.gmd/g7100.ct000383 DLC 801007 20250607183343.8 5452690 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)