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SEAS5165

Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Chinae
Date: 1584 Size: 19 x 15 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: The very first atlas map of China. Based on early Jesuit geography obtained by Ortelius in around 1580 from Arias Montanus. Latin text on verso. Original hand colour. [Ort:164]
Map Ref: SEAS5165

SEAS4218

Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : China, Regio Asiae
Date: 1601 Size: 5 x 3 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: China. Small map after Ortelius. Coloured.
Map Ref: SEAS4218

SEAS4332

Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Chinae
Date: 1612 Size: 19 x 14 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Rare Spanish edition of the first European printed map of China based on Giorgio's survey.
Map Ref: SEAS4332

SEAS4906

Cartographer: Petrus Bertius
Title: : Descriptio Chinae
Date: 1616 Size: 6 x 4 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Early miniature map of China. Coloured. Framed.
Map Ref: SEAS4906

SEAS3912

Cartographer: Petrus Bertius
Title: : Descriptio Chinae
Date: 1616 Size: 5 x 4 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Miniature, coloured map of China orientated east to west.
Map Ref: SEAS3912

SEAS5190

Cartographer: Mercator Hondius
Title: : China
Date: 1619 Size: 19 x 15 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Stunning copper-engraved map of China from the French edition of the Mercator-Hondius atlas. Embellished with illustrations of the Great Wall of China, a land-ship and sea monsters. Original hand colour.
Map Ref: SEAS5190

SEAS5159

Cartographer: Samuel Purchas
Title: : The Map of China
Date: 1625 Size: 12 x 15 inches
Published: London
Description: The first printed map of China with information taken directly from Chinese sources.
Map Ref: SEAS5159

SEAS4930

Cartographer: Mercator Hondius
Title: : The Kingdome of China
Date: 1635 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: London
Description: Early map of China with Korea shown as an island. Rare Michael Sparke edition with English text on verso. Coloured.
Map Ref: SEAS4930

SEAS4859

Cartographer: Willem & Jan Blaeu
Title: : China Veteribus Sinarum Regio
Date: c. 1640 Size: 20 x 16 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Important map of China based on the geography provided by Ludovico Texeira and first used by Ortelius. This was the geographical model used by Dutch mapmakers until 1655. Latin text on verso. Original hand colour.
Map Ref: SEAS4859

SEAS4898

Cartographer: Jan Jansson
Title: : Chinae veteribus Sinae Regio
Date: 1647 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Beautiful map of China by one of the most important mapmakers of the Dutch Golden Age. Also showing Japan and embellished with ships. Latin text on verso. Original hand colour.
Map Ref: SEAS4898

SEAS4289

Cartographer: Jan Blaeu
Title: : [Set of 16 maps of China and its provinces]
Date: 1655 Size: 21 x 16 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Magnificent set of sixteen maps showing China and its fifteen provinces from the first European atlas of China. Coloured.
Map Ref: SEAS4289

SEAS4331

Cartographer: Alvarez Semedo
Title: : An Exact Mapp of China,
Date: 1655 Size: 14 x 11 inches
Published: London
Description: Very rare version of a map first circulated by Purchas. It is an English translation of an important Jesuit work on China.
Map Ref: SEAS4331

SEAS4949

Cartographer: Jan Blaeu
Title: : Xansi, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Secunda
Date: 1655 Size: 19 x 16 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: The province of Shanxi in northeast China. One of 17 maps published in Blaeu's "Novus Atlas Sinensis", the first Western atlas of China. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: SEAS4949

SEAS4950

Cartographer: Jan Blaeu
Title: : Queicheu, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Decimaquarta
Date: 1655 Size: 19 x 16 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: The province of Guizhou in southern China. One of 17 maps published in Blaeu's "Novus Atlas Sinensis", the first Western atlas of China. Spanish edition. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: SEAS4950

SEAS5056

Cartographer: Jan Blaeu
Title: : Xensi, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Tertia
Date: 1655 Size: 19 x 16 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: The provice of Shaanxi, in northwest China. One of 17 maps published in Blaeu's "Novus Atlas Sinensis", the first Western atlas of China. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: SEAS5056

SEAS5057

Cartographer: Jan Blaeu
Title: : Chekiang, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Decima
Date: 1655 Size: 19 x 16 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: The provice of Zhejiang, in eastern China. One of 17 maps published in Blaeu's "Novus Atlas Sinensis", the first Western atlas of China. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: SEAS5057

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