Citation
Alternate Title(s): Regno della China
Publication Location: Rome
Year: 1682
Item Location
Exhibit: Galileo and China
Section: The Role of the Jesuits
Summary
This map, based on Cantelli’s own reports as well as the surveys of Martini, influenced the larger Coronelli map also on display. Cantelli depicts relief and features like the Great Wall pictorially. Peking is clearly indicated. Korea is a peninsula, per Martini. Taiwan (Formosa) includes the Dutch settlement N. Zelanda. Japan's main islands are shown, except for Hokkaido. An elaborate cartouche features the seated figure of the Kangxi emperor or Great Khan.