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This is Ortelius 1570 map of Bohemia, in a beautiful, original-color example from the 1587 French edition of
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas. It is derived from the unobtainable, Leipzig-published, 1568 Johann Criginger (1521 - 1571) map, which was to date the best map of Bohemia available. Like the Criginger, Ortelius map is oriented to the north, showing the Kingdom of Bohemia surrounded by pictorially-represented forests and forbidding mountains. Cities and towns are pictorially shown to represent their respective sizes. Ortelius map is embellished with two handsome, strapwork cartouches; the title cartouche is surmounted with the Bohemian coat-of-arms.
Publication History and CensusThe map was produced for inclusion in Ortelius
1875 (dated)
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This is an 1875 Herbert William Wood map of the Khanate of Khiva in modern-day Uzbekistan - issued shortly after the 1873 Russian conquest of Khiva, a defining moment in the Great Game. Coverage extends from the southern coast of the Aral Sea (Lake Aral) south to the Kharesmian Desert. Great attention is paid to the all-important regional river network, particularly the Amu Darya (Oxus). Cities, towns, and villages are labeled, along with hills, lakes, and deserts.
The Khanate of KhivaThe Khanate of Khiva was an independent polity in the Amu Darya delta just south of the Aral Sea, active from roughly 1511 to 1920. The Khanate became a Russian protectorate in 1873, when the Tzar launched a massive invasion of Khiva. In 1920, following the 1917 Russian Revolution, Khiva followed course, establishing the Khorezm People s Soviet Republic, itself incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1924. Today the former Khanate it is mostly
CentralAsia-topographicdepot-1873
$7,500.00
Title
ÐаÑÑа СÑедней Ðзии. / Map of Central Asia.
1873 (dated)
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This is an impressive large scale 1873 Russian-language map of central Asia compiled by the Imperial Russian Topographic Depot for the 1873 Invasion of Khiva - with manuscript annotations detailing a British spy s travels. Coverage extends from the Black Sea to Nepal, and the Persian Gulf to the Bay of Bengal. The area covered includes the Caspian and Aral Seas, the Persian Gulf, and the modern-day Central Asian nations of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, as well as parts of Russia, China, and northern India. As such, the map captures the peak of Russian expansionism in Central Asia - highlighting the region that became Russian Turkestan and later Soviet Central Asia.
Antique Maps of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of New England from the 17th to the 19th century.
1823 (dated)
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A rare and important 1823 first edition Henry Schenck Tanner map of North Carolina and South Carolina. Also included are adjacent parts of Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. When this map was illustrated, it represented the finest atlas map of these states then obtainable. It includes a wealth of important firsts, such as the addition of Haywood county (founded in 1808). In addition, it features an impressive richness of detail, naming mills, iron works, forts, battle grounds, places of worship, public houses, roads, ferries, and falls. The map remained definitive until new more details maps were produced after the American Civil War.