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Engraved map, 39 x 30.5 cms; 41 x 34 cms (sheet), relief throughout shown by hachures, publisher's or binder's numeric stamp (94A), the margins a little browned and chipped with loss to the two keys at the inner edge marking Indian and Persian distances but the map in very good condition. A highly detailed example of political and military cartography from the height of the Victorian era, capturing the Central Asian frontier at the dawn of the "Great Game". The map covers the expanse of Central Asia, stretching from the deserts of modern-day Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan down through Afghanistan and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. It maps out the Emirate of Bukhara in the north and the Desert of Khiva. It explicitly references the "Nomadic Tribes of Turkomans" roaming the steppes. Afghanistan is centred on the map, and displays the fractured geography of the Afghan kingdom. It details the treacherous mountain passes of the Hindu Kush, alongside the major strategic cities of Kabul, Kandahar, and Herat. Beloochistan (Balochistan) & Sinde (Sindh)anchor the southern third of the sheet, it routes down toward the coastline, showing the vast desert paths, tribal domains, and the mouth of the Indus River.