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tartary¹

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Map of independent Tartary (in yellow) and Chinese Tartary (in violet), in 1806.

Tartary was a blanket term used by Europeans for the areas of Central Asia, North Asia, and East Asia unknown to European geography. It encompassed the vast region of the Pontic-Caspian steppe, the Volga-Urals, the Caucasus, Siberia, Inner Asia, Mongolia and Manchuria.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartary

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the_Metropolisº

London

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the_Noreº

A sandbank at the mouth of the Thames Estuary, England. It marks the point where the River meets the North Sea.

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Thorley's_cutting

Location not identified. It is presumably somewhere on the Glasgow and South-western railway line.

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town¹

London

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tradestonº

An area of Glasgow on the south bank of the river Clyde.

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