Asia (1854)

Oliver & Boyd (Publisher)

Oliver & Boyd

This is an engraved map of Asia from 1854 published by Oliver & Boyd in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Countries appearing on the map:

• Indonesia,
• Sri Lanka,
• Malaysia,
• Thailand,
• Brunei,
• Philippines,
• Yemen,
• Oman,
• India,
• Myanmar,
• Cambodia,
• Vietnam,
• Laos,
• Egypt,
• Saudi Arabia,
• United Arab Emirates,
• Iran,
• Pakistan,
• Nepal,
• Bhutan,
• China,
• Turkey,
• Syria,
• Israel,
• Iraq,
• Uzbekistan,
• Afghanistan,
• Tajikistan,
• Russia,
• Georgia,
• Azerbaijan,
• Armenia,
• Turkmenistan,
• Kazakhstan,
• Mongolia.

Cities appearing on the map:

• Indonesia: Island of Sumatra: Palembang, Bencoolen (Bengkulu), and Acheen (Aceh).
• Island of Java: Bantam (Banten), Batavia (Jakarta), Samarang (Semarang), and Sourabay (Surabaya).
• Borneo: Pontianak and Sucadana (Sukadana).
• Celebes (Sulawesi): Mavassar (Makassar).
• Ceylon (Sri Lanka): Candy (Kandy).
• Malaysia: Queda (Kedah State) and Malacca (Malacca City).
• Thailand: Ligor (Nakhon Si Thammarat), Siam (Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya), Bankok (Bangkok), and Ogmo (?).
• Brunei: Borneo (Brunei).
• Philippines: Mindanao (Mindanao Island) and Manilla (Manila).
• Yemen: Mareb (Ma'rib), Sana (Sana'a), Mocha, Aden, and Doan (?)
• Oman: Dafar (Dhofar Governorate), Rostak (Al-Rustaq), and Muscat.
• India: Tanjore (Thanjavur), Cochin (Kochi), Madras (Chennai), Seringapatam (Srirangapatna), Goa (Old Goa), Poonah (Pune), Hydrabad (Hyderabad), Bombay (Mumbai), Masulipatam (Machilipatnam), Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Ajmere (Ajmer), Cambay (Khambhat), Nagpour (Nagpur), Surat, Allahabad, Dacca (?), Patna, Ruttunpour (?), Calcutta (Kolkata), Moorshedabad (Murshidabad), Rutujpour, Munnypour (Manipur princely state in India), Serinagur (Srinagar), Ladak (Ladakh region in India), and Cashmere (Kashmir region in India).
• Myanmar: Prome (Pyay), Pegu (Bago), Rangoon (Yangon), Martaban (Mottama), Tavoy (Dawei), Mergui (Myeik), Tenasserim (Tanintharyi), Aracan (Arakan State in Myanmar), Ummerapoora (Amarapura), and Ava (Inwa).
• Cambodia: Cambodia (?).
• Vietnam: Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Feneri (?), Turon (Da Nang), Huefo (Huế), and Kesho (Hanoi).
• Laos: Lanchang (In region of ancient Lan Xang Kingdom).
• Egypt: Tor (El-Tor).
• Saudi Arabia: Medina, Jidda (Jeddah), Mecca, and Lahsa (Al-Hasa).
• United Arab Emirates: Seer (Al Seer).
• Iran: Shiraz, Rushire (Bushehr), Lar, Gombroon (Bandar Abbas), Tabriz, Resht (Rasht), Casbin (Qazvin), Shuster (Shushtar), Astrabad (Gorgan), Mushed (Mashhad), Sarae (Sari), Teheran (Tehran), Koom (Qom), Ispahan (Isfahan), Yezd (Yazd), and Kerman.
• Pakistan: Teez (?), Kelat (Kalat), Tatta (Thatta), Bukkur, and Lahore.
• Nepal: Catmandoo (Kathmandu).
• Bhutan: Tassisudon (Palace of the Druk Desi).
• China: Yunnan (Kunming), Koeiyang (Guiyang), Queiling (?), Canton (Guangzhou), Hong-Kong (Hong Kong), Amoy (Xiamen), Footchoo (Fuzhou), Shekerdon (?), Karia (?), Kotun (?), Lassa (Lhasa), Chingtoo (Chengdu), Singan (Xi'an), Lantchoo (Lanzhou), Ningpo (Ningbo), Nankin (Nanjing), Vootchang (The district of Wuchang in Wuhan, China), Kaifong (Kaifeng), Tsinan (Jinan), Taiyuen (Taiyuan), Cashgar (Kashgar), Yarkand (Yarkant), Turfan (Turpan), Hami or Chamil (Hami City), Pekin (Beijing), Chin-yang (Shenyang), Ningoota (?), Kirin Oula (Jilin), Petoune (Songyuan), Tsitchicar (Qiqihar), Merguen (?), and Sagalien (Now Aigun, a district in the city of Heihe, China).
• Taiwan: Tywann (Tainan).
• Turkey: Smyrna (İzmir) and Makry (Fethiye).
• Syria: Aleppo and Damascus.
• Israel: Acre and Jerusalem.
• Iraq: Mosul and Bagdad (Baghdad).
• Uzbekistan: Bokhara (Bukhara), Samarcand (Samarkand), Termed (Termez), and Khiva.
• Afghanistan: Balkh, Ghoor (Ghor province in Afghanistan), Cabul (Kabul), Candahar (Kandahar), Herat, and Dooshak (?).
• Tajikistan: Kotlan (Khatlon Region of Tajikistan), Badakshan (Badakhshan Regions in both Tajikistan and Afghanistan), and Khojand (Khujand).
• South Korea: Kingkitao (?).
• Japan: Nangasaki (Nagasaki), Miaco (Kyoto), Jeddo (Tokyo), and Matsmai (Matsumae).
• Russia: Azof (Azov), Astracan (Astrakhan), Derbend (Derbent), Oufa (Ufa), Orenburg, Tobolsk, Ekaterinburg (Yekaterinburg), Omsk, Tomsk, Kolivan (Kolyvan), Yeniseisk (Yeniseysk), Krasnoiarsk (Krasnoyarsk), Irkutsk, Kiachta (Kyakhta), Kirensk, Nertchinsk, Ochotsk (Okhotsk), Yakutsk, and Olensk (Ust-Olenyok).
• Georgia: Tiflis (Tbilisi).
• Azerbaijan: Baku.
• Armenia: Erivan (Yerevan).
• Turkmenistan: Urghenzo (Konye-Urgench).
• Kazakhstan: Taraz or Turkestan (Taraz).
• Mongolia: Ourga (Ulaanbaatar), Kara-korum (Karakorum), and Maimatchin (Altanbulag).

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