| Summary: | The map covers most of Eurasia from the Middle East, the whole of Tartaria [i.e. China and the Russian Republic in the north], Iaponia [i.e. Japan] and an incomplete outline of Yedso [probably the islands of Hokkaido and Sakhalin] and all of South East Asia, including the East Indies. It incorporates Nicholas Witsen's Asian and Siberian cartography - Witsen was a prominent politician, Mayor of Amsterdam, scholar and cartographer. The decorative cartouche features an oriental courtesan with merchants of many nations presenting gifts. Relief is shown pictorially.; Cartouche title.; Prime meridian: Ferro.; Map [51] from: Magnum theatrum belli, quousque se hodie in orbe extendit : continens novissimas et perfectissimas, tam particulares quam generales, Tabulas Geographicas : Germaniae, Beglii, Hungariae, Italiee, Galliae, Hispaniae, Magniae Britaniae, Scandinaviae, Poloniae, Moscoviae, Asiae, Americae et Africae : cum speciali indice, quo cujuslibet Tabulae notabilia exhibentur / opus collectum a Carolo Allard. Amstelo Batavo : [C. Allard?, 1702].; Koeman, All 3 (v. 1, p. 47).; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm153. Inset: Tartariae pars. Scale not given.
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