Description: A map of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Union of Lublin in 1569 and prior to the Partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. The map shows the original territories of Lithuania (the Grand Duchy of Lithuania), Poland (the Kingdom of Poland), Livonia, Courland, Samogita, West Prussia, Ermeland, Smolensk, White Russia, Cujavia, Great Poland, Mazovia, Podlachia, Black Russia, Podlesia, Sievierz, Little Poland, Volhynia, Red Russia, Podolia, and Ukraine. Important cities, rivers, and mountain systems are also shown.
Place Names: Central Europe, Lithuania, Poland, Samogitia, Smolensk, Ukraine, Volhyni
ISO Topic Categories: oceans,
location,
inlandWaters,
boundaries
Keywords: Poland and Lithuania, political, kPartitionOfPoland, country borders,
major political subdivisions,
local jurisdictions, oceans,
location,
inlandWaters,
boundaries, Unknown, 1569
Source: Ward, Prothero, and Leathes, The Cambridge Modern History Atlas (New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1912)
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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