A map of Chinese Tartary, with Corea / by Samuel Dunn.

Author/creator Dunn, Samuel
Other author Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
Other author Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Format Map
PublicationLondon : Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the act directs, 10 January 1774.
Description1 map ; 30 x 43 cm on sheet 36 x 48 cm
Subjects

Cartographic dataScale approximately 1:10,400,000.
Local noteJoyner Rare vault copy is hand colored.
General noteFrom: Dunn's New atlas of the mundane system, or, Of geography and cosmography (London : R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1778).
General noteRelief shown pictorially.
General notePrime meridian: Ferro.
General noteScale given in Common Lys of China 250 in a degree, Wersts of Russia 105 in a degree, and British Miles 69 1/2 in a degree.
General noteShows the northeast quadrant of China, most of Mongolia, the Korean peninsula, and southern Siberia including Sakhalin, here labelled "Sahalien Ula Hata". Northern Japan is also shown but without much detail, with Hokkaido labelled "Jeso Gasima."
General noteIn upper right margin: "30".
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Jack and Mary Spain
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare vault copy gift of Jack and Mary Spain, 6/19/2024
Genre/formmaps (documents)
Genre/formMaps.
Genre/formMaps.

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Joyner Rare Vault G7820 1774 .D86 ✔ Available Request Material