Nyenskans. ca.1650. 1 p. Manuscript. Illuminated. Paper,
Indian ink. Watercolour. 318,2?206,2 mm. Swedish.
Scale [1:], graphic scale in Reenland ruths. North-oriented. Decoration:
rendering of chopping on the Neva R. and Black Stream (now Okhta
R.). The type is manuscript Gothic. Territory:
the cape formed by the confluence of the Neva and its right tributary
Black Stream, right bank of Black Stream.. Shown:
A town named Nyenskans (Neuschantz), its nearest outskirts. Annotation: One
of the designed versions of arrangement of five-bastion fortress
constructions (future Nyenskans) and earthen bastion works around
the designed town. It is supposed the plot is dated as 1650-s.
A new arrangement of the future five-bastion fortress is offered.
Later it was realized after Nyenskans was built by military fortifier
Genrich von Steilenberg in 1658-1661. Literature:
