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Russia in Asia (The People’s Atlas, 1848)
Russia in Asia.
John Lothian, Edinburgh
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.
Why it matters
Cheap Edinburgh atlas of 1848 that titles the sheet 'Russia in Asia' without 'Tartary', in the same year Mitchell kept the older title in America.
Places named
Siberia; Kirghiz steppe; Chinese frontier
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