Map · Latin
Map of Tartary, or the Kingdom of the Great Khan (separate sheet from the 1603 Latin Theatrum)
Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni typus
Abraham Ortelius; published by Jan Baptist Vrients, Antwerp
How we know
compilation Assembled from earlier sources. The author did not observe it directly.
Compilation: Ortelius drew on Jenkinson (1562), Gastaldi and Polo; the 1603 issue is a late impression of the 1570 copperplate.
Research notes
- Same copperplate as M004 (LOC copy in the 1570 Theatrum, item 2003683482); LOC catalogue dates the sheet 1570 while the imprint note says 1603 edition (both recorded).
Why it matters
Documents that the 1570 Tartariae plate (M004) stayed in print through the 1603 Vrients edition; the same copperplate, so not an independent witness, but the later hand-coloured state and verso text are useful for tracing how 'Tartaria' was explained to readers c.1600.
Places named
Northern Asia: Tartaria, Cathay (Cambalu), Mangi, Siberia region, Ob, Kara Sea, Strait of Anian, northwest America
Who copied whom
Earlier in the chain
- same plate (stated)M047 is the 1603 impression of the 1570 plate
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