'Carte de Tartarie'. Tartary. North & Central Asia. Siberia. DE L’ISLE, 1706 map

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Artist/engraver/cartographer: Guillaume de l'Isle. Provenance: The map was extracted from a composite atlas of early 18th century maps, the latest of which was dated c1754. Type: Large antique 18th century atlas map, printed on thick, good quality paper with original outline hand colour/color and decorative title cartouche. Tartary was a name used from the Middle Ages until the 20th century to designate northern and central Asia between the Caspian Sea and the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. It incorporated the present day regions of Pontic-Caspian steppe, Volga-Urals, Caucasus, Siberia, Turkestan, Mongolia, and Manchuria. It was divided, as shown on this map, into Chinese Tartary (Manchuria), Independent Tartary (Turkestan) and Russian Tartary (Siberia). The map also includes northern China and Korea. The Great Wall of China is clearly marked. The northern end of Novaya Zemlya is inaccurately shown as attached to continental Asia

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Size: 7986px × 6218px
Location: North Asia
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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