Friday, January 2, 2015

Map of the Khwarezm Oasis in Uzbekistan 1808


Illustration : Map of the Khwarezm Oasis in Uzbekistan 1808
Map of the Khwarezm Oasis titled "Carte de la Kharismie (Tiree du nouvel Atlas de Russie) 1808. The map of the Khwarezm (or Chorasima)covers the Amu Darya river delta from the Aral Sea in the north to Khiwa (Chiwa) in the south. It shows the mountain chains and the route to Tashkent and Orenburg and also notes the ancient bed of the Oxus River (Amu Darya). 

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