A new and elegant imperial sheet atlas, comprehending general and particular maps of every part of the world : principally compiled from the great French atlas, and others of the most distinguished geographers in Europe, forming the completest collection of single sheet maps hitherto published and rendered particularly convenient by opening without folds.

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A new and elegant imperial sheet atlas, comprehending general and particular maps of every part of the world : principally compiled from the great French atlas, and others of the most distinguished geographers in Europe, forming the completest collection of single sheet maps hitherto published and rendered particularly convenient by opening without folds.

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Relief shown pictorially and by shading.
Map title within ornamental border.
Atlas consists of folded maps pasted onto endpapers along spine.
Copy annotated in pencil on contents p.
Copy imperfect: Torn edges and waterstains on some leaves
Phillips 716
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Previous call no.: G1015.L38 1808

Tartary, a vast country in the northern parts of Asia, bounded by Siberia on the north and west: this is called Great Tartary. The Tartars who lie south of Muscovy and Siberia, are those of Astracan, Circassia, and Dagistan, situated north-west of the Caspian-sea; the Calmuc Tartars, who lie between Siberia and the Caspian-sea; the Usbec Tartars and Moguls, who lie north of Persia and India; and lastly, those of Tibet, who lie north-west of China.

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01/01/1808
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Robert Laurie and James Whittle.
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Library of Congress
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