Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium (Tartary, or the Empire of the Great Khan), Atlas Maior 1665
Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperivm
Joan Blaeu (plate first issued by Willem and Joan Blaeu c.1640)
How we know
compilation Assembled from earlier sources. The author did not observe it directly.
Compilation: Blaeu's plate follows the Hondius model with a new decorative cartouche (camel, Tartar figures); no observation.
Research notes
- Not independent: copied from Hondius 1606; the Jansson Tartaria of 1636-1658 is a parallel copy. Same plate reissued in Latin, French, Dutch, German and Spanish Atlas Maior editions 1662-1672.
- Rumsey note: 120 Milliaria Germanica communia = 6.8 cm
Why it matters
The most widely circulated mid-17th-century image of 'Tartaria': it shows the size and vagueness of the term (from the Volga to the Pacific, north of China and the Mughal empire) just before Witsen's 1687 map; the Rumsey copy is the 1665 Atlas Maior state. This is the plate the IA item 'dr_tartaria-sive-magni-chami-imperium...' is often confused with; that IA item is actually the Allard/Witsen plate (see separate record).
Places named
Tartaria; Chinae regni pars; Oceanus Tartaricus; Mare Caspium; Magni Mogolis imperii pars; Persiae pars; Russiae pars; Nova Zemla
Who copied whom
- this one was drawn from it (stated)Blaeu Tartaria from Hondius 1606
- drawn from this one (stated)De Wit from Blaeu/Jansson Tartaria plus Martini
- Tabula Tartariae et majoris partis Regni Chinae M086, c. 1680drawn from this one (stated)De Wit from Martini 1655 plus Blaeu Tartaria
Keep exploring
The maps drawn just before and just after this one.
