'Hya [Xi Xia] Empire & Tangut' Silk Road. Great Wall of China. KITCHIN, 1746 map


'The Empire of Hya (Including great part of Tangut) adapted to the History of Jenghiz Khan'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Thomas Kitchin. Provenance: "A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels"; Printed for Thomas Astley, Published by His Majesty's Authority, London. Type: Antique copperplate map. The map covers much of central China. The course of the western part of the Great Wall of China is marked. The Gobi desert covers the left hand part of the map


Size: 2769px × 1912px
Location: China
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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