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"A Map of Independent Tartary Containing the Territories of Usbeck, Gasgar, Tibet, Lassa &c.", Moll, Herman

This uncommon small map covers the region from the Caspian Sea to the Great Wall of China. The region is mostly the domain of the Kalmyk people with various areas denoted for Black Kalmucks, Fugitive Kalmucks, Brown Kalmucks, etc. Other kingdoms include the Usbeck, Gasgar, Great Tibet and Lassa or Boutan.

References: McCorkle (18th C. Geography Books) #9, Vol III [12]; Shirley (BL Atlases) T.MOLL-3a #66.

Condition: A

Issued folding, now flat, with minor toning, and archival repairs to a couple small wormholes in the image and a short edge tear in the top left blank margin.