Map · Latin
New description of Great Tartary, the Empire of the Great Mogul, Japan and China
Magnae Tartariae, Magni Mogolis Imperii, Iaponiae et Chinae nova descriptio
Frederick de Wit, Amsterdam
How we know
compilation Assembled from earlier sources. The author did not observe it directly.
Compilation: De Wit's plate combines the Blaeu/Jansson Tartaria model with Martini's 1655 China and Jesuit Japan; no observation.
Research notes
- Derived from Blaeu 'Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium' and Martini; similar plates by Visscher, Danckerts and Schenk are not independent witnesses.
- Found via LOC search 'Tartariae' (3 hits).
Why it matters
Representative of the late-17th-century Dutch 'Magna Tartaria' plates that repeated the Blaeu/Jansson model until Witsen's 1687 map replaced it; useful as the pre-Witsen state of knowledge.
Places named
Great Tartary (Magna Tartaria); Mughal Empire; China; Japan; Korea; Siberia; Caspian
Who copied whom
Earlier in the chain
- Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium M050, c. 1640this one was drawn from it (stated)De Wit from Blaeu/Jansson Tartaria plus Martini
Keep exploring
The maps drawn just before and just after this one.
