Exactissima Asiae delineatio, in praecipuas regiones, ceterasq partes divisa, et denuo in lucem / [cartographic material]

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Title
Exactissima Asiae delineatio, in praecipuas regiones, ceterasq partes divisa, et denuo in lucem / [cartographic material]
Creator
Allard, Carel, 1648-ca. 1709
Contributor
Witsen, Nicolaas, 1641-1717.
Tidemann, Philipp, 1657-1705.
Gouwen, Gilliam van der, engraver.
Allard, Carel, 1648-ca. 1709.
Published / Created
1702]
Publication Place
Amstelo Batavo
Publisher
Carel Allard
Description
BEIN 1973 Folio 18: 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.
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.
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
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].
Text in Latin.
Extent
1 map : 47.5 x 55.9 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Scale
Scale [ca. 1:25,000,000]
Coordinates
(E 25°0'--E 170°0'/N 75°0'--S 15°0').
Language
Latin

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
1973 Folio 18

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Maps
Early works to 1800
Material
hand col. ;
Subject (Geographic)
Asia
Subjects
Asia > Maps > Early works to 1800

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
10949073
Object ID (OID)
16618405

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