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• 1331 Mongol Dominions in Central and Western Asia from Mediaeval Researches Vol 2.jpg (299.9 KiB)
• 1561 Central Asia of Marco Polo.jpg (2.3 MiB)
• 1565 India to Arabia by Bertoli.jpg (4.7 MiB)
• 1676 L'Asie by Duval.jpg (3.0 MiB)
• 1730 Map of Northern Asia.jpg (2.9 MiB)
• 1730 New Map of Northern Asia.jpg (4.9 MiB)
• 1740 Carte De Tartarie by Covens.jpg (5.1 MiB)
• 1788 The countries between the Ganges and the Caspian Sea by Rennell.jpg (3.2 MiB)
• 1823 Khanate of Khiva showing journey of Captain Muraviev.jpg (1.5 MiB)
• 1831 Persia with Ottoman Empire by Long.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• 1834 Routes of Conolly and Burnes.jpg (606.6 KiB)
• 1838 Bokhara Cabool Beloochistan etc.jpg (1.8 MiB)
• 1838 Kurdistan and Persia.jpg (639.7 KiB)
• 1842 Central Asia with Alexanders route from JASB v11.jpg (2.3 MiB)
• 1843 Bukhara by Khanykov in Central Asian Review v. 15.jpg (3.3 MiB)
• 1844 Meshed to Heri Rud.jpg (232.8 KiB)
• 1853 Sea of Aral.jpg (512.4 KiB)
• 1854 Marches of Darius and Alexander.jpg (391.8 KiB)
• 1856 Travels of General Ferrier in Persia and Afghanistan.jpg (3.0 MiB)
• 1857 LAsie Centrale et LInde de Hiouen-Thsang (Huen Tsang).jpg (2.8 MiB)
• 1858 Amur and Adjacent Districts.jpg (1.3 MiB)
• 1858 Karte von Armenien Kurdistan und Azerbeidschan by Kiepert. (18.2 MiB)
• 1859 Route of Ruy Conzalez De Clavijo to Court of Timour in 1402 by Markham.jpg (1.3 MiB)
• 1860 Central Asia from travels of Atkinson.jpg (2.7 MiB)
• 1861 Persia, Teheran to Herat.jpg (674.4 KiB)
• 1861 Russian and Chinese Frontier.jpg (4.1 MiB)
• 1865 Kurdistan.jpg (2.2 MiB)
• 1866 Bolor Mountains.jpg (2.0 MiB)
• 1867 Delta of the Amu-Daria.jpg (460.3 KiB)
• 1869 Routes between Punjab and Yarkand to illustrate reports of Forsyth and Cayley.jpg (1.7 MiB)
• 1870 Central Asia.jpg (339.7 KiB)
• 1870 Eastern Turkistan-Hayward.jpg (4.7 MiB)
• 1871 Country North of India by Shaw.jpg (961.3 KiB)
• 1871 Khanate of Khiva and Turkmenia showing Capt Muraviev's Journey.jpg (1.3 MiB)
• 1871 Leh to Yarkand and Kashghar by Robert Shaw.jpg (1.3 MiB)
• 1872 Central Asia by Arrowsmith.jpg (9.2 MiB)
• 1872 Chinese Map of Upper Oxus with Klaproth transcriptions.jpg (4.0 MiB)
• 1872 Extracts from Chinese Map Upper Oxus redrawn.jpg (2.2 MiB)
• 1873 Eastern Persia.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• 1873 Khiva and Amu Darya in Russian. (6.7 MiB)
• 1873 Khiva and Aral Sea.jpg (192.7 KiB)
• 1873 Seistan.jpg (585.1 KiB)
• 1874 Map of Central Asia by Stanford.jpg (2.9 MiB)
• 1875 Amu Darya.jpg (239.0 KiB)
• 1875 Central Asia by Arrowsmith.jpg (3.6 MiB)
• 1875 Khanate of Khiva.jpg (4.1 MiB)
• 1875 Lake Aral Survey of 1873.jpg (174.5 KiB)
• 1875 North Eastern Frontiers of Persia embracing Khiva from Epitome of Merv.jpg (3.0 MiB)
• 1875 Preliminary Map of Eastern Turkistan by SOI.jpg (6.5 MiB)
• 1875 Turkestan and the Countries between the British and Russian Dominions in Asia.jpg (21.9 MiB)
• 1876 Eastern Turkistan.jpg (715.9 KiB)
• 1876 Karte von Central-Asien by Richthofen.jpg (564.1 KiB)
• 1876 Khorassan.jpg (3.2 MiB)
• 1876 Prejevalskys Journey in Eastern High Asia in 1870 1871 1872.jpg (3.4 MiB)
• 1876 Toorkoman Tribes between the Caspian and Oxus from 1878 Affairs in Central Asia Biluchistan.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• 1877 Das Pamir Plateau von D. Forsyth's Expedition Nach Kaschgar by Petermann.jpg (3.3 MiB)
• 1878 Central Asia.jpg (4.6 MiB)
• 1878 Eastern Turkestan and its Neighbours show trade routes.jpg (1.3 MiB)
• 1878 Turkestan--British and Russian Dominions in Asia by GTS of India.jpg (27.6 MiB)
• 1879 Central Asia showing Prejevalsky's Journey in 1877.jpg (2.2 MiB)
• 1879 Sulimani Mountains.jpg (3.8 MiB)
• 1879 Turcoman Steppe.jpg (698.2 KiB)
• 1880 Central Asia by Chavanne.jpg (7.4 MiB)
• 1880 Kuldja District in Turkistan.jpg (2.6 MiB)
• 1880 Mount Siazgar.jpg (744.4 KiB)
• 1880 Pishin Valley.jpg (1.5 MiB)
• 1881 Afghanistan and Central Asia in Russian.jpg (10.2 MiB)
• 1881 Russian Map of Central Asia.jpg (19.4 MiB)
• 1884 Central Asia between the Zarafshan and Amu-Daria Rivers by Morgan. (5.8 MiB)
• 1884 The Pamir.jpg (1.7 MiB)
• 1885 Central Asia on basis of Surveys by British and Russian Officers to 1881.jp2 (8.2 MiB)
• 1885 Dr. Lansdells Three Journeys in Asia.jpg (1.3 MiB)
• 1885 Itinerary of Henri Moser in Central Asia.jpg (2.8 MiB)
• 1885 NW Frontier of India with Lansdells route.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• 1886 Pamir and Upper Oxus by Elias.jpg (7.9 MiB)
• 1886 Part of Central Asia between Zarafshan and Amu-Daria Rivers.jpg (7.1 MiB)
• 1887 Chinese Turkistan and Northern Tibet with Careys route.jpg (1.8 MiB)
• 1888 Middle Part of Asia to illustrate Chinese mediaeval travellers by Bretschneider.jpg (906.6 KiB)
• 1890 Central Asian Trade Route from Peking to Kashgaria.jpg (2.1 MiB)
• 1890 Chinese Turkistan and Northern Tibet.jpg (3.0 MiB)
• 1892 Pamirs with Littledales route.jpg (1.3 MiB)
• 1892 Pamirs with Younghusbands Route.jpg (2.2 MiB)
• 1892 Persia Afghanistan and Beluchistan.jpg (5.8 MiB)
• 1892 Sources of the Oxus River.jpg (715.9 KiB)
• 1893 Central Asia by Earl of Dunmore.jpg (3.3 MiB)
• 1893 Chinese Turkistan by Pevtsof and Bogdanovitch.jpg (2.1 MiB)
• 1894 Bagrot Hunza Nagyr and Hispar Glacier by Conway.jpg (4.0 MiB)
• 1894 Biafo and Baltoro Glaciers by Conway.jpg (3.7 MiB)
• 1894 Kurdistan by Maunsell.jpg (1.6 MiB)
• 1896 Map for Kafirs of the Hindu Kush by Robertson.jpg (2.5 MiB)
• 1896 Pamirs and adjoining territories of Central Asia and India by Curzon.jpg (11.0 MiB)
• 1898 Pamir by Hedin from Through Asia.jpg (4.8 MiB)
• 1898 Sven Hedins Journey 1884-87.jpg (1.7 MiB)
• 1898 Tarim Basin and N Tibet by Hedin from Through Asia.jpg (5.2 MiB)
• 1898 Tirah by Holdich.jpg (3.4 MiB)
• 1899 Tibet and Sin-Chiang by HPP Deasy.jpg (3.3 MiB)