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Asia (Black’s General Atlas, 1841)
Asia.
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh; engraved by Sidney Hall
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; derivative of Arrowsmith/SDUK.
Why it matters
Edinburgh 1841 continental sheet for comparison of the labels used by the British trade in the early 1840s.
Places named
Asia; Siberia; Independent Tartary; Chinese Empire; Mongolia
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