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Russia in Asia and Tartary (Teesdale’s New General Atlas, 1844)
Russia in Asia and Tartary. London: Published by Henry Teesdale & Co. Drawn & Engraved by J. Dower, Pentonville, London. (1844)
John Dower (drawn and engraved); Henry Teesdale and Co., London
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
- Derived from Arrowsmith and SDUK; first issued c.1831-35 and reprinted with updated dates.
- Rumsey note: Engraved, with colored margins of countries. Shows cities, place names, roads, rivers, lakes, and islands. Relief shown with hachures.
Why it matters
British 1844 counterpart of the Tanner/Mitchell title; Teesdale's atlas is a separate engraving from the Tanner plate, so it is a second (though also derivative) 1840s witness to the persistence of the label.
Places named
Russia in Asia; Independent Tartary; Chinese Tartary; Siberia
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