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Asia (SDUK, 1 January 1840; 1844 volume), with population table

Asia. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Engraved by J. & C. Walker. London, published by Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand, Jany. 1st. 1840 (1844)

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; engraved by J. and C. Walker

Map: Asia (SDUK, 1 January 1840, SDUK, 1840
Picture: David Rumsey Map Collection (CC BY-NC-SA). See it at full size at the library

How we know

compilation Assembled from earlier sources. The author did not observe it directly.

Compilation from published surveys and travel reports; no observation by the mapmaker.

Research notes
  • Compiled general map; not independent.
  • Rumsey note: Engraved map. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Country borders hand col. Includes population table by country.

Why it matters

Continental control sheet for 1840: shows which regional names the SDUK used at small scale (to be compared with the Stieler 1844 and Black 1841 Asia sheets).

Places named

Whole of Asia; Siberia; Independent Tartary; Chinese Empire; Mongolia

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