(Tibet - Central Asia) A Map of Great Tibet, drawn... 1812 the Pacific Northwest

the Pacific Northwest

A rare atlas for the city from a great late 19th century atlas publisher

Production was high

by Osgood Carleton

Image size is approximately 22 X 17 (inches)

(Tibet - Central Asia) A Map of Great Tibet, drawn... 1812 the Pacific NorthwestA Map of Great Tibet, drawn from that made by Lama Mathematicians in 1717. It is a complex and forbidding landscape to chart, and especially in mid 18th century little was solidly mapped. This primitive map of the area most interestingly acknowledges its indigenous Tibetan origins, and covers an area from Delhi through Tibet and the Gobi to "Little Bukharia" and east into China. It identifies towns, rivers, mountains transliterated from Tibetan, and