This is the first edition of Delisle's expansive map that spans from Novaya Zemlya in the north to Afghanistan and includes Russia, Northern China, and Tibet. The Pacific coast shows a portion of the Terre d'Eso, with the small Isle de Amour shown above. The map is fully engraved with forests and mountains, and it features quite good detail of cities and towns for the period. The Great Wall is graphically depicted, as are the extensive trade routes. A decorative cartouche surrounds the title in the lower left. This edition carries Delisle's imprint "A Paris Chez l'Auteur sur la Quai de l'Horloge a l'Aigle dOr avec Privilege 1706." The map was engraved by des Rosiers and the cartouche was engraved by N. Guerard.

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Condition: B+

A crisp impression with very light soiling, trimmed to the neatline and pasted on old paper with damp stains in the margins. A centerfold separation that enters 1.5" into image at bottom has been archivally repaired.