Historic Map : Dufour Map of Asia, 1860, Vintage Wall Art

This is a beautiful large format 1860 elephant folio map of Asia by A. H. Dufour. It covers the entire continent from the Mediterranean to Siberia and from the Arctic to Singapore including parts of Europe and Africa. Both the Great Wall of China and the Grand Canal are noted.

As this map was drawn, Imperial China wilted under the weak Qing Dynasty while the Russian Empire attained the height of its pan-continental expansion. Turkey and the Middle East were under Ottoman rule while the British Raj governed of India.

This map was prepared by Auguste-Henri Dufour and engraved by Charles Dyonette for publication plate no. 32 in Armand Le Chevalier's 1860 edition of Atlas Universel, Physique, Historique et Politique de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne.