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Moll: Antique Map of Tartary and Central Asia, 1732
Moll: Antique Map of Tartary and Central Asia, 1732
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  • Title/Content of Map: 1732 Moll Map of Tartary and Central Asia -- Great Tartary. With the Tract of the Moscovite Ambassador's Travels from Moscow to Pekin in China…
  • Date Printed: 1732, London
  • Cartographer: H Moll
  • Size: 7.7 x 10.3 in.

    This nice map of much of Russia, with a large amount of unexplored regions in Siberia labeled as Parts Unknown or not shown, such as missing Kamchatka. The map also shows the path of a Russian Ambassador who traveled from Moscow to Peking (Beijing). Interesting notations concerning the land and its people are provided, including one describing a nomadic group in Tartary who are neither "plow nor sow, but move from place to place."

    Herman Moll (1654-1732) was a London cartographer, engraver, and publisher. In 1678 he opened a book and map store in London. He produced maps from his studies of the work of other cartographers.

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  • Condition
    Very Good. Excellent strike, nice hand color. Slight toning of the watermarked laid paper
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