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JOANNIS JANSSONIUS China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame Dicta
Amsterdam, 1658, Limited. 55x47 Cm. Bello mapa con algunos refuerzos en su parte central que han ayudado a su conservación, coloreado a mano y ornamentado. En este mapa de China se muestran Japón (mal proyectado e incompleto), Corea y la parte norte del archipiélago de las Filipinas. Limita con el territorio de la Tartaria (señala específicamente la Gran Muralla con las palabras "mudrus quadringentarum leucarum inter montium crepidines a rege Chinae contra Tartarorum ab hac parte eruptiones, extructus", en la parte superior del mapa), con India, y con Siam. Detalla lagos, desiertos y ríos. Hainan ("Ainaon"), Taiwan ("Isla Formosa") y Macao estan presentes. Pequín es dibujada como una pequeña ciudad en comparación a Saanxi. Posteriormente a este mapa se editaría su Novus Atlas. En la parte reversa texto latín. Beautiful map with some reinforcements in his central part that have helped to his conservation, colored to hand and adorned. In this map of China there appear Japan (incomplete), An elegantly engraved map of the region with China (bounded in the northwest by the Great Wall) dominated by several large lakes. The fictitious Chiamay Lacus is shown with numerous rivers flowing south into India and Siam. Korea is depicted as a strangely shaped island separated from the mainland by a narrow strait. Taiwan is located in a roughly correct position, named as both Pakan al I. Formosaand Tayoan The three main islands of Japan are shown on the Ortelius/Teixeira model. The map is richly embellished with European sailing ships and Chinese sampans, a decorative distance scale, and a title cartouche flanked by a Chinese man and woman.Korea as an island and part of the archipelago of the Philippines. It borders on the territory of the Tartary, indicates specifically the Great Wall. Beijing is drawn as a small city in comparison to Saanxi. Reverse text in Latin. Very Good.
Offered for EUR 2000.00 = appr. US$ 2580.40 by: El Arte de la Memoria scp - Book number: 1658JanssonCh
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