unbound
London
by MOLL, Herman
London: Moll, Herman. unbound. Map. Uncolored copper plate engraving. Image measures 6 1/2" x 7 1/4". Sheet measures 12 3/4" x 7 7/8" This small map depicts the northern Asia or what was then known as Tartary and Japan and extends from the largely misshaped Caspian Sea eastward to Japan and from Korea or Corea (here depicted as an island) north as far as the Arctic Sea and Nova Zembla. Several important places from the era, including Tartary, Turchestan, Usbeck, Part of Mogul's Land, Yupi, Cathay, Part of China as well as important cities such as Pekin, Thibet, Samarcand, Kafear, Balch (some of which were part of the ancient Silk Route) are noted throughout. (truncated)