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Cartographer: Claudius Ptolemy
Title: : Tabula VII Asiae [Central Asia]
Date: 1535 Size: 19 x 13 inches
Published: Lyon
Description: Ptolemaic woodcut map of Central Asia, specifically the region known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans as 'Scythia Extra Imaum'. This is now Mongolia and northwest China.
Map Ref: AS345

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Cartographer: Petrus Bertius
Title: : Tartaria
Date: 1612 Size: 5 x 3 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Tartary. Miniature map. Coloured.
Map Ref: AS814

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Cartographer: Petrus Bertius
Title: : Tartaria
Date: 1618 Size: 5 x 4 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Tartary. Miniature map. Coloured.
Map Ref: AS717

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Cartographer: Mercator Hondius
Title: : Tartaria
Date: 1621 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Early map of Tartary based on the 1595 atlas of Gerard Mercator. Misconceptions (Korea as an island, an incomplete Nova Zembla) give an understanding to how little knowledge Europeans had of North-East Asia at this time. Coloured.
Map Ref: AS1122

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Cartographer: John Speed
Title: : A Newe Mape of Tartary
Date: 1627 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: London
Description: Stunning example of Speed's map of Central Asia and Siberia, or Tartary as it was known at the time. The four city views in the upper margin highlight important destinations along the Silk Road.
Map Ref: AS1206

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Cartographer: Mercator Hondius
Title: : Tartaris
Date: 1628 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Tartary. Coloured.
Map Ref: AS624

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Cartographer: Willem & Jan Blaeu
Title: : Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperivm
Date: c. 1641 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Early map of Central Asia, including Tartary, Siberia, and Mongolia. Major settlements along the Silk Road are noted, as is Shangdu (Xanadu), the seat of Kublai Khan. German edition. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: AS1187

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Cartographer: Pieter van den Keere
Title: : Tartaria
Date: 1662 Size: 5 x 3 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Tartary. Miniature map of region. Coloured.
Map Ref: AS684

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Cartographer: Pierre Duval
Title: : [Tartary]
Date: c. 1680 Size: 5 x 4 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Tartary. Coloured.
Map Ref: AS821

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Cartographer: Nicolas & Guillaume Sanson
Title: : La Grande Tartarie
Date: 1683 Size: 10 x 8 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Tartary. Ornate cartouche. Coloured.
Map Ref: AS1004

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Cartographer: Robert Morden
Title: : A New Description of Tartarie
Date: 1688 Size: 5 x 7 inches
Published: London
Description: The historic region of Tartary covering modern-day Siberia, Mongolia, and Central Asia. Charming English descriptive text below and on the verso. Coloured.
Map Ref: AS895

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Cartographer: Johann Ulrich Muller
Title: : [Greater Tartary]
Date: 1692 Size: 3 x 6 inches
Published: Ulm
Description: Greater Tartary. With German text. Coloured.
Map Ref: AS691

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Cartographer: Philipp Cluver
Title: : Scythia et Tartaria Asiatica
Date: 1697 Size: 10 x 8 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Attractive map of Central Asia, Siberia and Northern China using mostly classical Latin nomenclature. Coloured.
Map Ref: AS1118

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Cartographer: Pieter van der Aa
Title: : Naaukeurige Kaart van Tartaryen
Date: 1707 Size: 9 x 6 inches
Published: Leiden
Description: Tartary. Map shows voyages of William de Rubruquis. Coloured.
Map Ref: AS958

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Cartographer: Pieter van der Aa
Title: : Kaart van Tartaryen
Date: 1707 Size: 9 x 6 inches
Published: Leiden
Description: Tartary. Map shows voyages of Carpin en Ascelin. Coloured.
Map Ref: AS959

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Cartographer: Pieter van der Aa
Title: : La Grande Tartarie
Date: 1713 Size: 15 x 10 inches
Published: Leiden
Description: Siberia, Northern China, Korea and Central Asia from the shores of the Caspian to the Eastern shores of Asia. Within decorative border. Coloured.
Map Ref: AS1117

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