The Bertius map of Tartary

HONDIUS, Jodocus II.

Tartaria.
Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1616. Coloured. 100 x 135mm.

Miniature map of Tartary, with 'the Strait of Anian' and the Great Wall of China marked, engraved by Jodocus Hondius for his edition of Petrus Bertius's 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. Unlike the earlier plate, this version has longitude and latitude lines.

KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved.
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