Asia by Herman Moll. Great Wall of China. Mogol empire. Tartaria 1709 old map

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Asia. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Herman Moll. Provenance: "The Compleat Geographer: or, the Chorography and Topography of all the known parts of the Earth", by Herman Moll. Third edition. Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black Swan in Paternoster Row and Timothy Childe at the White Hart at the West End of St. Paul's Churchyard. Type: Antique copperplate map. The mythical lake Chiamay - the supposed source of the four great rivers of south-east Asia - is shown (though not named) above Indochina. The Great Wall of China is indicated.

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Size: 2577px × 3865px
Location: Asia
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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