Description
Description:Â Antique map titled ‘A Map of Karazm, Great Bukharia and Turkestan’. Map of Asia, covers from the Caspian Sea across to the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan, into Turkistan, through Uzbekistan and south to northern Persia and east towards Siberia. This map originates from ‘A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels’ by Astley.Â
Artists and Engravers:Â Thomas Kitchin (or Thomas Kitchen (1718 – 1784) was an English engraver and cartographer, who became hydrographer to the king.
- Date: 1745
- Overall size: 25.5 x 19.5 cm.
- Image size: 22.5 x 15 cm.
- Condition: Very good, please study image carefully.
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- Date: c.1720
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