De Fer´s map of Russia, Eastern Europe, Turkey etc

MAP OF THE GREAT NORTHERN WAR. DE FER, N. Carte pour l´Intelligence des Affaires Presente des Turcs ... et des Moscovites aux Environs de la Mer Noire et de la Mer Baltique. Paris 1711.
Engraved map with outline colour, elaborate cartouche with 9 coats of arms in black and white. About 52,5x56,5 cm.

A map of north and east Europe half-way through the Great Northern War (1700-21), a battle for domination between Sweden under Charles XII and the Russia of Peter the Great, with Denmark-Norway, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, Poland-Lithuania, Prussia, Hanover, etc, also involved. Russia came away the victor, becoming the major power of the region.

Some folds, some spotting to margins