The informative content, features and value of the old cartographic product – "Handwritten Atlas of Gribovsky" 1843 edition, released in the progress of surveying the European part of the Russian Empire are researching. On the example sheet "Ekaterinoslav Province" an information value of atlas for the study historical features of regional nature use considered.
Keywords: Handwritten Atlas of Gribovsky, general survey, the history of regional nature use.