L'Isle, Jacques Nicolas de (1688-1768). Atlas Russicus-- Sheet 13L Omsk, Siberia. [Russia]. 1745.

Jacques Nicolas de L’Isle (1688–1768)Ufimskaia provintsiia s okruzhaiushchimi mestami / (Ufa Province with surrounding areas)Russia, 1745Engraved map with original outline colorSheet size: 28 1/16 x 21 inches This rare and expansive Russian-language map of the Ufa Province and surrounding regions in western Siberia was produced under the direction of Jacques Nicolas de L’Isle, a French cartographer who was invited to the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg by Peter the Great’s successors. De L’Isle played a critical role in advancing Russian cartographic science in the 18th century and helped create some of the earliest modern maps of Siberia. Published in 1745, this map reflects Russia’s growing imperial ambition to explore, document, and govern its vast eastern territories. It charts the complex river systems, mountain ranges, and settlements of the southern Urals and upper Volga region—critical terrain in the Russian expansion eastward across Asia. The area depicted lies