Pierre Mortier. Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartarie. 1700. European Paintings showing how populated the region

showing how populated the region was before Europeans and Americans came up the river

and the Raven

Reduc'd from the large Drawing of that Province

two are of special note

sea monsters

Pierre Mortier. Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartarie. 1700. European Paintings showing how populated the regionPierre Mortier Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartarie Paris, 1700 24 x 40 inches Highly Detailed Map of Tartary by Dutch Statesman and Russian Specialist Nicolaas Witsen with details from the Travels of Verbiest in China and De Vries in the North Pacific Nice example of Pierre Mortier's decorative and detailed map showing Central Asia and Tartary published in Amsterdam. The map extends from the Caspian Sea in the west and Nova Zemla in the northwest