Stanford’s Map of the Siberian Railway (1904)
Long before steam reached the Pacific, caravans hauled tea west out of China along the same corridor this sheet records. This map charts the great land route to China and Korea, the overland link between European Russia and Siberia known as the Moscow Highway or the Tea Route, named for the volume of tea moving along it. Work on the route began in 1730 and dragged on until the mid 19th century, and it remained the longest and most famous of its kind until the Trans-Siberian Railway was finished in 1916.
- Published by Edward Stanford, Long Acre, London, on 1 February 1904
- Reproduced from the original in the Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive, scanned at high resolution
- Finishing at Map Shop includes premium paper, satin-gloss lamination, foam core mounting, black or walnut rails, and framing

