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Carte physique et politique de l’Asie (Physical and political map of Asia), 1850, Atlas de choix 1854

Carte Physique et Politique de l'Asie.

Adrien-Hubert Brue (original); E. Andriveau-Goujon, Paris

Map: Carte physique et politique de l'Asie, Adrien-Hubert Brue, 1850
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
  • Brue plate updated by Andriveau-Goujon; compiled.

Why it matters

French 1850 continental sheet for the end of the period; Brue/Andriveau-Goujon nomenclature to compare with British 'Tartary' titles of the same year.

Places named

Asia; Siberie; Turkestan; Mongolie; Chine; Thibet

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