Tartary on Old Maps and the Story of a History Erased

Open a European map from the seventeenth century and the words Tartary or Tartaria stretch across the land from Central Asia to Siberia and northeastern Asia. Some maps mark Chinese Tartary, some Muscovite Tartary, some Independent Tartary.

Open a European map from the seventeenth century and the words Tartary or Tartaria stretch across the land from Central Asia to Siberia and northeastern Asia. Some maps mark Chinese Tartary, some Muscovite Tartary, some Independent Tartary.

Open a European map from the seventeenth century and the words Tartary or Tartaria stretch across the land from Central Asia to Siberia and northeastern Asia. Some maps mark Chinese Tartary, some Muscovite Tartary, some Independent Tartary.

Open a European map from the seventeenth century and the words Tartary or Tartaria stretch across the land from Central Asia to Siberia and northeastern Asia. Some maps mark Chinese Tartary, some Muscovite Tartary, some Independent Tartary.