East and Central China, ca. 1738 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Regni Sinae vel Sinae propriae mappa et descriptio geographica : ex mappis particularibus, quas Sinarum rex Canghi opera patrum missionariorum é S.I. in provincias regni universi ejus rei gratia ablegatorum concinnari fecit, perfecta, publicoque primum communicata in opere magnificentissimo R.P. du Halde, et ab Anvillaeo gall. reg. geographo in compendiosiorem hanc formam reducta, nunc secundum magis legitimas projectionis stereographicae leges reformata, studio Ioh. Matth. Hasii, math. p.p. It was published by impensis Homanianorum Heredum, ca. 1738. Scale [ca. 1:5,250,000]. Covers East and Central China, and a small portion of Mongolia. Map in Latin.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Asia North Lambert Conformal Conic coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, territorial and administrative, boundaries, shoreline features, and more.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Central Asia, 1908 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Eastern Turkistan, specially prepared for the Foreign Department, from India ; published under direction of Colonel F. B. Longe, R. E., Surveyor General of India. It was published by Survey of India in Feb. 1908. Scale [1:2,027,520]. Covers a portion of Central Asia including Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (also known as Chinese Turkestan) and portions of Afghanistan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the a modified 'Asia Lambert Conformal Conic' projection with a central meridian of 84 degrees East projection. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, railroads, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by spot heights. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Islamic Heritage Project. Maps selected for the project represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes. The Islamic Heritage Project consists of over 100,000 digitized pages from Harvard's collections of Islamic manuscripts and published materials. Supported by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and developed in association with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University.

Central Asian documents : manuscript, 1558-1804

Various dates (966-1219 [1558-1804]). Addressed to various local rulers in Yarkand and Kashgar.

Tibet -- C. Asia

Cross section of the area in Asia starting with Chittagong and Dhaka in the south to Stalinsk [Novokuznetsk, Sakha (Russian Federation)] in the north.

Magni Mogolis Imperium de novo correctum et divisum

Per F. de Witt.

Eastern Turkistan

specially prepared for the Foreign Department, from India ; published under direction of Colonel F. B. Longe, R. E., Surveyor General of India.

Z̤iyāʼ al-qulūb : manuscript, undated

A biography of Naqshabandi shaykh Khvājah Isḥāq, written by a disciple of his.

Janāb-i Ba-davlatnī hikāyātlārī : manuscript, 1904 or 5

An eyewitness account of Yaqub Beg's rule in parts of Xinjiang.