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Chinae, Olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio - Ortelius A. ,1609.



The first printed map of China. Signed by Ludovico Georgio (= Luiz Jorge de Barbuda, a Portuguese Jesuit) who made a manuscript map of China which reached Ortelius via Arias Montanus (Meurer p.111-112).

Copper engraving
Size: 38 x 48cm (15 x 18 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Old coloured.
References: Van der Krogt 3, 8410:31; Van den Broecke, 164; Baynton-Williams, p.41.

From: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Abrahami Ortelii Antverp. Antwerpen, J.B.Vrients, 1609. (Van der Krogt 3, 1:054)

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