New land map of the northern and eastern part of Asia and Europe, extending from Nova Zembla to China (Witsen’s map, dated 1687)
Nieuwe Lantkaarte van het Noorder en Ooster deel van Asia en Europa strekkende van Nova Zemla tot China
Nicolaes Witsen, Amsterdam
How we know
compilation Assembled from earlier sources. The author did not observe it directly.
Compilation from Russian informants, Siberian route descriptions, Chinese-Jesuit and embassy sources gathered by Witsen; no observation by Witsen beyond his 1664-65 Moscow journey (see W079, L009).
Research notes
- Several states (1687 date on the plate; issues c.1690 and 1705 with corrections); the Fotothek object is catalogued only as 'Karte von Asien und Europa, Kupferstich, 1687' and is one sheet. Gallica gives 1687 for all four arks. The Allard c.1697 plate (Rumsey 11647126) is a reduced derivative.
- Europeana 'Witsen Tartarye kaart' gave 0 hits; the title search 'Nieuwe Lantkaarte' gave 7. Gallica SRU dc.creator Witsen gave 27 hits including a 1687 manuscript copy of the Yaik course 'copiee de celle de M. Vitzen' (btv1b55003029k).
Why it matters
The map announced in W079 (Philosophical Transactions 1686) and behind L009: the first map of Siberia built on Russian material, the source of the Allard/Van der Aa reduction recorded earlier, and the reason 'Tartary' begins to fragment into named peoples on European maps after 1690.
Places named
Northern and eastern Asia from Nova Zembla to China; Mare Tartaricum olim Mare Glaciale; Siberia; Kalmakia; Mare de Sala seu Caspium olim de Bachu; Bucharia
Who copied whom
- drawn from this one (stated)Allard and Van der Aa reductions of Witsen 1687
- drawn from this one (stated)Reduction of the Witsen 1687 map issued with Ides
- An Account of a New Map of Tartary W079, 1686accompanying text or map (stated)Linked text record: An Account of a New Map of Tartary (Philosophical Transactions)
- accompanying text or map (probable)Witsen's map and his book Noord en Oost Tartarye (first edition 1692)