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The Imperiia Project

Betev-Oberg Map: scale and detail

The Betev-Oberg map is richly detailed. It pays a great deal of attention to relief, with peaks and major outcroppings depicted with directionality and each ravine (овраг) traced with care. The striking level of detail is the result of the maps's scale: at 5 versts (3.3 miles) per inch this is a large-scale map offering far more detail than almost any other map of Crimea produced in the 19th century.

For example, compare it with the perfectly empty coastline in the well-known and well-regarded Geographical Atlas of the Russian Empire produced in the 1820s by the very same Military-Topo Depot:

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1. About the Betev-Oberg Map Topographical map published in 1842 by the Military-Topographical Depot of the Russian Army. The map was built from the triangulations of Lt. Colonel Oberg and topographical surveys performed by Colonel Betev 1836-1838. The map consists of 8 sheets, each measuring 54x44 cm., glued on a fabric base. Black and white; relief shown with hachures. [This digitized copy was graciously provided by the Russian State Historical Archive. The map can be found in fond 1424, opis' 1, delo 166.]