L’Asie depuis la mort de Tchinghiz-Khan (Gengis Khan) jusqu’a l’epoque de la preponderance des Anglais, 1227 a 1840 (Asia from the death of Genghis Khan to the era of British preponderance), historical atlas map III, 1844
L'Asie depuis la mort de Tchinghiz-Khan (Gengis Khan) jusqu'a l'epoque de la preponderance des Anglais 1227 a 1840. Dressee sous la direction de A. Houze. (In upper margin:) Atlas historique et geographique de l'Asie. Carte III. (Paris, Chez P. Dumenil, editeur, rue des Beaux-Arts, 10. 1844)
Antoine Philippe Houze, Paris
How we know
compilation Assembled from earlier sources. The author did not observe it directly.
Retrospective history: an 1844 historical map reconstructing the Mongol empire and successor states; no contemporary observation.
Research notes
- Retrospective; based on d'Ohsson and Pétis de la Croix-type histories (W077).
- Rumsey note: Hand colored map. Explanation in lower margin. Prime meridian: Paris.
Why it matters
Labelled supplement: shows how an 1844 French historical atlas periodised 'Tartar' Asia from Genghis Khan onward, useful for distinguishing 19th-century retrospective reconstruction from contemporary mapping in the presentation.
Places named
Asia; Mongol empire and successor khanates; Golden Horde; Chagatai; Ilkhans; Yuan China
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