China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta

Book Description

Amsterdam: 1636 [but 1653]. Engraving with period outline colour. Two repaired marginal tears, bottom margin. 16 1/8 x 19 3/4 inches. 19 1/2 x 23 3/8 inches. Jansson here presents the best information available to Europeans prior to Father Martini's reports in the mid-1650's of China, Korea and Japan. Large portions of the southeastern Chinese coast, Korea and Japan, show the benefits of direct, navigational experience in improving the geography of this largely unknown world. This is from the first of three editions of the "Novus Atlas" issued with Spanish text, which first appeared in 1653.

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