The first western map of the Chinese province of Shandong
BLAEU, Johannes.
Xantung, Sinarum Imperii Provincia Quarta.
Amsterdam, 1658, Spanish text edition. Coloured, with gold highlights. 400 x 495mm.
A 17th century map of Shandong, 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 : 18174
£1,200
£1,200
The first western map of the Chinese province of Shandong
BLAEU, Johannes.
Xantung, Sinarum Imperii Provincia Quarta.
Amsterdam, 1658, Spanish text edition. Coloured, with gold highlights. 400 x 495mm.
A 17th century map of Shandong, 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 : 18174
£1,200
£1,200