THE BALTIC SEA

EXACT DESCRIPTION OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA

and the other regions adjacent to it, edited by the labor, care, and expense of the Illustrious and Excellent Prince and Lord, Nicholas Christopher Radziwill.

A detailed map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and surrounding territories, dating from 1613. It includes a comprehensive legend for city and administrative icons, as well as descriptions of natural geography.

EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS

Symbol	Meaning
City Icon	City
Town Icon	Citizenry
Castle Icon	Judicial or Electoral Castle
Church with mitre	City with an Episcopal Seat
Palace Icon	Residence of Dukes
Mitre Icon	Seat of the Lithuanian Bishop
House Icon	Village with a Nobleman's House
Monastery Icon	Monastery

RAPIDS on the Dnieper river begin thirty miles below Kiev and are spread over a space of seven miles. There are seven in number, where the water is precipitated among the rocks.

MARSHES OF POLESIA
In these places, where only marshes and stagnant pools are seen instead of rivers, the land is dry at certain times, and then the inhabitants gather hay there; at other times, when the waters have risen, they travel through them by boat.