Asia Chinese Empire Persia Hindoostan w/ European colonial territories 1857 map
Asia Chinese Empire Persia Hindoostan w/ European colonial territories 1857 map Asia Chinese Empire Persia Hindoostan w/ European colonial territories 1857 map Asia Chinese Empire Persia Hindoostan w/ European colonial territories 1857 map Asia Chinese Empire Persia Hindoostan w/ European colonial territories 1857 map
$ 68.00

Asien.

(Persia / Hindoostan / Turkestan / Tibet / China / Russia / etc.)

Issued Leipzig, Germany, 1857 by J.C. Hinrichson.

Fine and quite uncommon oversized mid-19th century antique map. Engraved map with original outline hand color.

Paper is uniformly age-toned with darkening around the edges; light scattered spotting; otherwise clean.

At bottom left is a key denoting region's various European colonial holdings, the provinces of China, and Himalayan mountain elevations. Map displays a level of cartographic and topographical detail unique to the era.

Original fold line as issued.

Sheet measures c. 20" x 16 3/4".

Engraved area measures c. 18 1/2" x 15 3/8".

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers , vol. II, pg. 335.

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