Chinese Tartary (original) (raw)

Chinese Tartary (see also Tartary) is an archaic geographical term used especially during the time of the Qing dynasty. The term "Tartar" was used by Europeans to refer to ethnicities living around China's north, northeast, and west, including the Mongols, Manchus, Tibetans, Central Asians, and even Japanese (as indicated in violet on the map below).