Citation
Alternate Title(s): Parte Occidentale della China... Parte Orientale della China
Publication Location: Venice
Year: 1696
Item Location
Exhibit: Galileo and China
Section: The Role of the Jesuits
Summary
European techniques of map-making, coupled with Chinese skill and knowledge, led to this two-sheet map by Coronelli. It clearly indicates the Great Wall, Beijing (Xuntien), Korea, and Taiwan. The westernmost part of Japan is also visible. Detailed cartouches depict the tools of the surveyor and cartographer.