Backed with paper. Ms. no. "88" in upper right corner. Sheet measures 53.4 x 62.5 cm. No. 81 of 87 maps bound together., Inset: Tartariae pars. Scale not given., Map [51] from: Magnum theatrum belli, quousque se hodie in orbe extendit : continens novissimas et perfectissimas, tam particulares quam generales, Tabulas Geographicas : Germaniae, Beglii, Hungariae, Italiee, Galliae, Hispaniae, Magniae Britaniae, Scandinaviae, Poloniae, Moscoviae, Asiae, Americae et Africae : cum speciali indice, quo cujuslibet Tabulae notabilia exhibentur / opus collectum a Carolo Allard. Amstelo Batavo : [C. Allard?, 1702]., Prime meridian: Ferro., Relief shown pictorially., and The map covers most of Eurasia from the Middle East, the whole of Tartaria [i.e. China and the Russian Republic in the north], Iaponia [i.e. Japan] and an incomplete outline of Yedso [probably the islands of Hokkaido and Sakhalin] and all of South East Asia, including the East Indies. It incorporates Nicholas Witsen's Asian and Siberian cartography - Witsen was a prominent politician, Mayor of Amsterdam, scholar and cartographer. The decorative cartouche features an oriental courtesan with merchants of many nations presenting gifts. Relief is shown pictorially.
Publisher:
[Carel Allard,
Subject (Geographic):
Asia--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Allard, Carel, 1648-ca. 1709. Magnum theatrum belli., Gouwen, Gilliam van der, engraver., Tidemann, Philipp, 1657-1705., and Witsen, Nicolaas, 1641-1717.
