A newe mape of Tartary

Description

Relief shown pictorially.
Scale: About 20 German miles to one centimeter.
"Dirck Grÿp sculp."
Text title on map verso: Description of the Kingdome of Tartary (p. 39-40).
Vignettes (clockwise from left): Astracan -- Samarchand -- Cambalu -- The house of Nova Zemla -- Samoged woman -- Tartar gentleman -- Tartar woman -- Tartar country man -- Tartar country woman -- A Tartar -- Tartar gentel woman -- A Samoged.
Prime meridian: Ferro [?].
"The Midle Meridian is 120: unto which the rest are bended according to the proportion of 40 and 70 parallels."
Represents Korea as an island.

Title:

Alternate Title:

New map of Tartary

Record ID:

seakorea-m131

Names & Dates

Created:

1626

Creator:

Speed, John, 1552?-1629

Contributor:

[engraver] Gryp, Dirck
Humble, George, d. 1640, bookseller
McCune, Shannon Boyd-Bailey, 1913-

Publisher:

Sold in Pops Head Alley by George Humble,
[London] :
[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Asiatic Russia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 , Korea -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 , Inner Mongolia (China) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 , Astrakhan' (Russia) -- Pictorial works , Samarqand (Uzbekistan) -- Pictorial works , Beijing (China) -- Pictorial works , Maps -- England -- 1626 , G7200 1626 .S75

Coverage:

[not after] 1626

Place:

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000 (E30º -- W160º / N81º -- N25º)
Russia
Korea
Inner Mongolia, China

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune Collection

Physical

Type:

maps

Format:

1 map ; 39 x 52 cm., on sheet 40 x 52 cm.

Access

Rights:

Public domain

Repository:

East Asian Library, Archival Research Center, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0154
kklein@usc.edu

Ordering:

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Identifiers

Record ID:

seakorea-m131

Source:

Sea of Korea Map Collection, map no. EAMC-130

Language:

en_us