1758 Eastern Tartary, China, Manchu-inhabited territory, Schley, map

Jakob van der Schley & Jacques Nicolas Bellin

Carte de la Tartarie orientale

Pubished in Amsterdam, 1758

Dimensions: 25 x 37.6 cm

Antique map titled 'Carte de la Tartarie orientale.' A map of Eastern Tartary. East Tartary is an old names for the Manchu-inhabited territory extending from the River Amur to Sakhalin Island. This area is now the Primorsky Krai with Vladivostok as regional administrative center. While these maps by Van Schley after Bellin were initially made for 'Histoire Generale des Voyages' (Paris 1746-1759), this is from the 1758 Dutch edition of that work published by Arkstee & Merkus.

Jakob van der Schley was a skilled draftsman and engraver who operated out of Amsterdam and had strong ties with the Hague. He was trained by Bernard Picart and his style resembles that of the elder man. Van der Schely was known for intricately engraved portraits and frontispieces. He signed most of the plates used in the Hague edition of the Abbe Prevost's Histoire generale des voyages. 

Light even age toning.