Bellin’s Map of Tibet world maps Pencilled inscription on pastedown: D

Pencilled inscription on pastedown: D

The map was probably published in the field: this edition was passed by censor

but Richard Horwood's principal backer was the Phoenix Fire Company

engraved by papal architect and engraver Alessandro Specchi after Cintius Florus

based on the Ordnance Survey and confined to a quarter-mile radius from each station

Bellin’s Map of Tibet world maps Pencilled inscription on pastedown: DCarte du Grand Thibet. Pour Servir lHistoire Generale des Voyages. Tire des Auteurs Anglois Bellin notes that his map of Tibet was compiled from British sources, although most of the European knowledge of the region in the first part of the 18th century was via Jesuit and Capuchin missionaries. The map is detailed for the period, and includes the Pagode du Dalai Lama, presumably the Potala Palace. Lhasa appears to be named Pontala on the map, and the