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A hand-colored copperplate engraving of a map titled "LA POLOGNE." The map depicts the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, including territories from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea and the borders of the Ottoman Empire in the south. The geographical area covers modern-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and portions of Russia and neighboring states. Political borders are highlighted with colored outlines (red, yellow, and green). The map features two decorative cartouches: one in the bottom-left corner containing the title, authors, and publication information, adorned with three figures, a coat of arms, and a shield; and another smaller cartouche in the bottom-center containing distance scales. Longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates are printed along the decorative border.
Principal Regions and Labels:
BALTIC SEA
DUCHY OF COURLAND
SAMOGITIA
LIVONIA
ROYAL PRUSSIA
DUCAL PRUSSIA
GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA
PALATINATE OF VILNIUS
PALATINATE OF MINSK
PALATINATE OF MSZISLAW
POLESIA
KINGDOM OF POLAND
MAZOVIA
GREATER POLAND
LESSER POLAND
VOLHYNIA
UKRAINE
MOSCOVITE RUSSIA
DUCHY OF RYAZAN
DUCHY OF BELY
DUCHY OF SMOLENSK
DUCHY OF SEVERIA
LESSER TARTARY
MOLDAVIA
TRANSYLVANIA
HUNGARY
SILESIA