'Tartarie Occidentale'. Western Tartary. N China & Mongolia. BELLIN, 1758 map
'Carte de la Tartarie Occidentale Pour servir à l'Histoire Générale des Voyages Tirée des Auteurs Anglois Par M. Bellin Ingenieur de la Marine 1749'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Jacques-Nicholas Bellin. Provenance: Atlas de "l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", by Antoine François Prévost (the Abbé Prévost). Type: Antique 18th century copperplate map. A map of Western Tartary, covering present-day Northern China and Mongolia. The site of Genghis Khan's ancient Mongol capital of Karakum (Karakorum) is centrally marked on the map, and Peking (Beijing) is marked towards the lower right corner. Parts of the Great Wall are shown.
Size: 3917px × 2837px
Location: China
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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