Exactissima Asiae delineatio, in praecipuas regiones, ceterasq [cartographic material] : partes divisa, et denuo in lucem / edita per Carolum Allard, cum privilegio potentissimorum D.D. Ordinum Hollandiae & Westfriae ; extracta ex authenticis tabulis D. Nicolai Witsen, cos. Amst., et praecipuorum auctorum, cum consensu viri amplissimi ; Ph. Tiedeman, delin. ; G. v. Gouwen, sculp.


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Title
Exactissima Asiae delineatio, in praecipuas regiones, ceterasq [cartographic material] : partes divisa, et denuo in lucem / edita per Carolum Allard, cum privilegio potentissimorum D.D. Ordinum Hollandiae & Westfriae ; extracta ex authenticis tabulis D. Nicolai Witsen, cos. Amst., et praecipuorum auctorum, cum consensu viri amplissimi ; Ph. Tiedeman, delin. ; G. v. Gouwen, sculp.
Creator
Allard, Carel, 1648-ca. 1709.
Published / Created
1702]
Publication Place
Amstelo Batavo :
Publisher
[Carel Allard,
Description
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.
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.
Extent
1 map : hand col. ; 47.5 x 55.9 cm.
Extent of Digitization
Completely digitized
Scale
Scale [ca. 1:25,000,000]
Coordinates
(E 25°0'--E 170°0'/N 75°0'--S 15°0')., -015.000000, 025.000000, 075.000000, 170.000000, 25000000, and a
Language
Latin

Collection Information

Call Number
1973 Folio 18

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
cartographic
Genre
Maps.
Resource Type
Maps, Atlases & Globes
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.
Witsen, Nicolaas, 1641-1717.

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Citation
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, I, All 3 (map 51) and Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, I, p. 33 (map Al. 10)

Identifiers

Orbis Record
10949073
OID
16618405

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