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The first western map of the Chinese province of Shanxi

BLAEU, Johannes.

Xansi, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Secunda.
Amsterdam, 1658, Spanish edition but blank verso. Coloured, with gold highlights. 410 x 490mm.

Repairs in edges of margin.

A 17th century map of Shanxi, published in the 'Novus Atlas Sinensis', the first Western atlas of China, compiled from the maps supplied by Martino Martini, a Jesuit missionary who travelled through China 1643-1650.

KOEMAN: Bl 60a.
Stock ID : 18173

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Stock Id :18173

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The first western map of the Chinese province of Shanxi

BLAEU, Johannes.

Xansi, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Secunda.
Amsterdam, 1658, Spanish edition but blank verso. Coloured, with gold highlights. 410 x 490mm.

Repairs in edges of margin.

A 17th century map of Shanxi, published in the 'Novus Atlas Sinensis', the first Western atlas of China, compiled from the maps supplied by Martino Martini, a Jesuit missionary who travelled through China 1643-1650.

KOEMAN: Bl 60a.
Stock ID : 18173

£750

£750

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