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| Keywords: CEM-44-La-Chine-la-Tartarie-Chinoise-et-le-Thibet-1734-Central-Asia-2574.jpg Carte la plus generale et qui comprend la Chine la Tartarie Chinoise et le Thibet Dressee sur les cartes particuliers des RR PP Jesuites par le Sr d'Anville qui ya joint le pays compris entre Kashgar et la mar Caspienne tire des geographes et des historiens orientaux A most general map including China Chinese Tartary and Tibet based on individual maps of the Jesuit fathers The map gives 1734 as the year but the modern HKUST publishers say 1737 Fragment Central Asia area D ™Anville ™s maps of China were based on a survey of the Chinese empire that was ordered by the emperor in 1708 and carried out by the Chinese but under the supervision of Jesuit priests resident in China The detail about the interior of China was far superior to any previous Western map or atlas D ™Anville ™s work remained a standard Western source for the geography of China and adjacent regions until well into the 19th century when it finally was superseded by more accurate maps ” <small> http //www wdl org/en/item/167/ ql eng c CN r EastAsia view_type gallery World Digital Library </small> China in European Maps Plate 44 1734 according to the map itself although the modern publishers say 1737 Creator Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville Author died more than 70 years ago - public domain Entire map<br> 200px PD-old-100 Khanate of Khiva 18th-century maps of China Old maps of Asia Old maps of Uzbekistan Maps by Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville Images from the World Digital Library Images from the Library of Congress | ||||
