Historic Map : Map of The Khwarezm Oasis in Uzbekistan (Khiva), 1808, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 30in Silk Route way stations

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The map features many of the cartographic anomalies and false suppositions common to the period

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Historic Map : Map of The Khwarezm Oasis in Uzbekistan (Khiva), 1808, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 30in Silk Route way stationsThis is a scarce c. 1808 map of Khwarezm or Chorasima on the Amu Darya river delta in Uzbekistan. It covers this large oasis region in western central Asia from the Aral Sea (formerly a large lake that has now shrunk to 10% of its capacity) in the north south to Khiwa (Chiwa) and the borders of modern day Turkmenistan. The map renders the entire region in extraordinary detail, noting major towns, rivers, roads, ruins, deserts, mountains, lakes and