General Map of Ukraine

The General Map of Ukraine (Latin: Delineatio Generalis Camporum Desertorum vulgo Ukraina. Cum adjacentibus Provinciis, lit. 'General map of the wild fields, in common speech Ukraine, with adjacent provinces'), is a map including what is now modern Ukraine and its neighbouring countries. It was produced as a manuscript by the French military engineer Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan. It was later published as an engraving by the Dutch cartographer Willem Hondius.

The map measures 42 by 54.5 centimetres (16.5 in × 21.5 in). Published in several versions between 1648 and 1660, it represents one of the earliest reliable maps of the southern part of Eastern Europe. It is also the first map from Western Europe that was dedicated to Ukraine.. Orientated with south pointing upwards, the map is drawn at a scale of 1:1,800,000. It depicts 1293 objects, including 993 populated places and 153 rivers. Along with the 1660 edition of his Description of Ukraine, the General Map of Ukraine is amongst Beauplan's most famous works.

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