Арбет Мрамор / Arbet Marble / Map of Russia by Hessel Gerrits, Amsterdam, 1614 - replica

Map of Russia, Hessel Gerrits, Amsterdam, 1614 size 68 X 48 cm.

"Map of Russia" from an engraving by Hessel Gerrits (Amsterdam, 1614), published by Willem Blau in the 1630s, according to the original, which, as the inscription on the cartouche says, "Fedor, the son of Tsar Boris," took care to enlarge, expanded to the Dvina and Sukhona and other places, as far as possible it was done on the basis of maps and news that have reached us, and dedicated by Hessel Gerard to the Great Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russians Mikhail Fedorovich, Autocrat Vladimir, Moscow and Novgorod, Tsar Kazan, Tsar Astrakhan, Tsar Siberian State an aria to Pskov, Grand Duke Smolensky, Tver, Ugra, Perm, Vyatka, Bulgaria, etc., the Sovereign and Grand Prince of Novgorod-Nizov land, etc., the Sovereign of the lands of Iverskaya, Kartalinsky and the Tsar of Georgia. 1614 year. This map is of great interest to researchers and historians who do not pass arguments. In the lower left corner we see that the map refers to the period of the reign of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. The date of 1614 confirms that this is the first year of the Romanov dynasty, who ascended the throne in 1613. In the upper left corner on the sidebar with a map of Moscow, Tsar Fedor Borisovich (1589 - 1605) is mentioned - the son of Boris Godunov, who ruled from April 13 to June 1 in 1605. After the murder of the young king, the struggle for the throne begins, which ends in 1613. Between 1605 and 1613 almost a decade. If the card was ordered in the year of the reign of Tsar Boris, it acquired the borders of 1613 - 14 years, and it was issued later, after 15 - 20 years. The map, in the upper left corner, shows the capital of Moscow Russia, an incredible fortress city at that time. On the right side of the map, the border is clearly visible, separating Muscovite Russia from another state - Tartaria, which retreated beyond the Urals under the pressure of the Romanovs, but did not surrender to the Romanovs and at that time did not belong to them. The only city of Tartaria mapped on the map - Tobolsk, is designated as the capital of Siberia. But there was no Siberia state, there was Tartaria, and Tobolsk became its new capital. The political correctness of the map makers regarding the new royal dynasty causes a smile. Where did the Siberian cities go? Or besides Tobolsk they simply did not exist? And what kind of formidable force near Tobolsk is a huge military unit "Piebald Horde"? Pay attention to the name of the Volga River: Wolga olim Rha - Volga, formerly Ra (lat.). Let's think about where the name of the "ancient Egyptian" god of the Sun came from in the name of the Russian river. The developers of the Theory of New Chronology A.T. Fomenko and G.V. Nosovsky in their books provide a clue to this phenomenon. They write that the real Israel is the territory of Russia. In this case, everything falls into place: Israel - From Ra, that is, a people or country from the Volga River Valley, where, as you know, all the ancient Russian capitals were built - Yaroslavl, Rostov, Suzdal, etc. The map, compiled to please the new tsarist dynasty, confirms the fact that Tartaria at that time occupied the bulk of the Russian Empire. The following text from the author of the engraving is inserted above the cartouche: “Tomasz Makovsky placed Kiev at a latitude of 50 ° 10’ on his map of Lithuania, Cherkasy at 49 ° and Ochakov south at a distance of 67 miles from Cherkas. The map, which served in compiling this map, placed the new city of Borisograd, Azov and, probably, Astrakhan, at a latitude of 48 °, but, since both the northern areas are shown too north, I also don’t dared to trust the areas located in the south, prompted mainly by their incorrect position relative to Constantinople. However, I think that I can inflict a little lower southern areas, because the British write that they found Astrakhan at a latitude of 46 ° 10 ’." This text confirms that if the map of Fyodor Borisovich Godunov was taken as a basis, then it was thoroughly redone later. It also shows that the names of places during the time of troubles quite freely “wandered” on the map and finally consolidated much later. This card was considered lucky. One collector's house burned down, and only a map of Russia in 1614 and a couple of books remained intact. And the merchant Yegor Melnikov, after acquiring the same card, won a large cash prize in the lottery. He linked his winnings with the purchase of a card. Melnikov ordered a copy of his card and presented it to his brother. And an unprecedented coincidence: the merchant’s brother agreed to Yegor’s persuasion and for the first time in his life bought a lottery ticket. This lottery ticket brought its owner a fortune.