1-149-767 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Poo Ta La, or Great Temple near Zhehol, Tartary', China, c1840. This may be a view of the Potala Palace, traditional residence of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa, Tibet. The vague term Tartary historically referred to the central part of Eurasia, roughly from the Dnieper River in the west, to the Sea of Japan in the east.