Old Map of Western Russia & Eastern Europe, c. 1914–24: Moscow, Petrograd, Kiev, Warsaw, Baltics, Black Sea flat earth Moonlight on the Merced by

Moonlight on the Merced by Albert Bierstadt (1864) captures the hush and grandeur of Yosemite’s Merced River under a veil of night

By the early 1850s

a common belief among early European explorers

state and county boundaries

Old Map of Western Russia & Eastern Europe, c. 1914–24: Moscow, Petrograd, Kiev, Warsaw, Baltics, Black Sea flat earth Moonlight on the Merced byCentral & Western Russia, issued by The London Geographical Institute, surveys a vast, eventful theatre from the Baltic approaches to the Black Sea littorals and the great forest and steppe interior. The choice of toponymsPetrograd beside the Neva, Kiev astride the Dnieper, Warsaw on the Vistulasuggests a moment of historical transition captured with scholarly poise. Ornate labels and a nuanced color palette elevate the cartography, while the finely