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A new map of Chinese and Independent Tartary, from the latest authorities, 1806 (Cary’s New Universal Atlas, 1808)

A new map of Chinese & independent Tartary, from the latest authorities. By John Cary, engraver, 1806. London: Printed for J. Cary, Engraver & Map-seller, No. 181, Strand, Decr. 1st, 1806.

John Cary, London

Map: A new map of Chinese and Independent Tartary, from the latest authorities, 1806, Cary, 1806 — 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

'From the latest authorities': d'Anville/Jesuit for the Chinese part, Russian Academy and Pallas for the steppe; not independent.
Rumsey note: Engraved map. Boundaries in outline hand col. Relief shown pictorially. "47" pasted on verso.

Why it matters

Cary's 1806 sheet fixes the British two-part scheme (Chinese vs Independent Tartary) that Pinkerton, Thomson (M025), Lucas (M026), the SDUK and Tallis then repeated; it is the reference point for the whole 1806-1851 British series.