18th century map of the Caspian Sea & Uzbekistan

MAAS, Abraham.

Nova Maris Caspii et Regionis Usbeck...
Nuremberg: Homann's Heirs, c.1735. Original colour with additions. 500 x 600mm.

The Caspian Sea, but also showing east through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, with the important Silk Road cities of Bokhara, Samarkand Tashkent.

The Caspian Sea had only just been mapped accurately: the Aral Sea is still featureless and filled with a note about what little was known.


Stock ID : 24091