Historic Map : Kitchin Map of Central Asia and The Gobi Desert, 1747, Vintage Wall Art Old maps of Alsace Published as plate no

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Historic Map : Kitchin Map of Central Asia and The Gobi Desert, 1747, Vintage Wall Art Old maps of Alsace Published as plate noA fascinating 1747 European mapping of the Gobi Desert and the eastern portion of the Silk Route region by Thomas Kitchin. Covers from Lake Baikal in the north as far south as Beijing, east to the Gulf of Lyau tong (Yellow Sea), and west as far as Chan tong. When this map was drawn the geography of this region was very poorly understood by Europeans. This map is generally derived from Jesuit missionary reports and the large map of the Russian Empire