Lot #: 37090
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Description
A pleasing small map of Tartary (northeastern Russia and China) showing mountains, Caspian Sea, Lakes and rivers, and The Great Wall of China, towns and cities.
This lovely rare little map was first issued in Robert Morden's 'Geography Rectified', in 1680. This example of the second state, with English text below map and on verso.
Robert Morden was a English bookseller, publisher, and maker of maps and globes. He was among the first successful commercial map makers. A well respected, prolific and competent cartographer of the late seventeenth century.
This lovely rare little map was first issued in Robert Morden's 'Geography Rectified', in 1680. This example of the second state, with English text below map and on verso.
Robert Morden was a English bookseller, publisher, and maker of maps and globes. He was among the first successful commercial map makers. A well respected, prolific and competent cartographer of the late seventeenth century.