Regnum Chinae : the printed Western maps of China to 1735 / Marco Caboara.

The first European map of China faintly relied on the copy of a Chinese original, obtained through bribing and espionage; the last covered in this book was the result of the largest land survey ever made until that time. These two and another 125 maps depict, sometimes uniquely, sometimes copying each other, a country whose images were so different that it was hard to understand which to trust.

This study reproduces and describes, for the first time, all the maps of China printed in Europe between 1584 and 1735, unravelling the origin of each individual map, their different printing, issues and publication dates. It also tells, for each, the unique story that made possible these visions from another world, stories marked by scholarly breakthroughs, obsession, missionary zeal, commercial sagacity and greed. China on Copper Plates: The First 150 Years of Chinese Maps in Western Prints (1584-1735). For a presentation from the author related to the publication, see:

China on Copperplates-銅板上的中國 西方印本中國地圖的最初一百五十年1584–1735

A summary:
On June 23, 2022, the fourth session of the academic lecture series on "The Weavers of Four-Dimensional Space-Time and Their Creation" on the History of Maps was held in the form of an online seminar at the Kuang-Chi International Scholars Center. Dr. Marco Caboara, an Italian scholar from the Lee Shau Kee Library of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, gave a lively presentation entitled "China on Copperplate - the First 150 Years of Western Printed Maps of China, 1584-1735". The lecture was conducted in both Chinese and English. Associate Professor Lin Hong from the School of Humanities of Shanghai Normal University served as the moderator and translator. Dr. Yang Xunling, Deputy Director of the Library of Macau University of Science and Technology, served as the main responder. Professor Huang Yijun of Minzu University of China, and Deputy Youth Associate of Fudan University Researcher Ding Yannan, Dr. Catarina Batista and Dr. Ângela Gil from the Library of Macau University of Science and Technology, and Dr. Zheng Man from the Free University of Berlin participated in the discussion. Many domestic and foreign scholars and map enthusiasts listened to the lecture online. The lecture lasted nearly three hours.

Table of contents. Foreword by Prof. Wei Shyy. Foreword by Dr. Ko Pui Shuen. Acknowledgements

Making and Structure of this Cartobibliography / Marco Caboara

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Chronological framework

1.3. Map groups

1.4. The introductory chapters

1.5. Jesuit cartography

1.6. A process of discovery

Maps of China in the Ming-Qing Period (1534-1735) / Li Xiaocong 李孝聪

2.1. Making and Collecting Maps in Imperial China

2.2. “Maps of the whole realm” from the Ming Dynasty

2.3. “Maps of the whole realm” from the Qing Dynasty

2.4. Conclusion

European Manuscript Maps of East Asia and China from Marco Polo to the Sixteenth Century / Angelo Cattaneo

3.1. Introduction

3.2. The Ancient World and the Tabula Peutingeriana

3.3. Foundations of the Medieval Cartography of Eastern Asia: The Silk Road and Its Travellers

3.4. The Catalan Atlas

3.5. Fra Mauro’s Map of the World

3.6. Henricus Martellus Germanus and the Renaissance Paradigm: Cathay and Mango beyond the Ancient Oikoumene

3.7. The New World of Martin Waldseemüller and Francesco Rosselli

3.8. Conclusions

China on European Printed Maps between the Late Fifteenth and Late Sixteenth Century / Marica Milanesi

4.1. Premise

4.2. Ptolemy Replaced

4.3. Montezuma Is the Last Great Khan

4.4. From the Land Bridge to the Strait of Anián

4.5. Uncertainties

4.6. New Boundaries

4.7. Legacy

China in Sixteenth-Century Portuguese Nautical Cartography / Francisco Roque de Oliveira

5.1. Methodological Backdrop

5.2. China in the Mist

5.3. Ptolemy’s Long Shadow, c.1517-1519

5.4. Cartography of Guangdong – 1520s

5.5. Around Fujian: 1530s and 1540s

5.6. The Ports of Call in Zhejiang: 1550s and 1560s

5.7. Returning to Guangdong: 1570s and 1580s

5.8. Conclusion

The Coast of Guangdong and the Emergence of Macao on Chinese and Western Maps in the Sixteenth Century / Jin Guoping  金国平

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Chinese Maps

6.3. Western Maps

6.4. Conclusion

Atlases of China by the Jesuits Ruggieri, Boym and Martini / Lin Hong 林宏

7.1. The Mapmakers’ Travels and an Overview of their Works

7.2. Key Reference Materials in Chinese

7.3. Basic Cartographic Methods and Processes

7.4. Conclusion

Taking China’s Measure: Eighteenth-Century Empire and the Mapping of Eurasia / Mario Cams

8.1. The Qing Mapping Project and Its European Connections

8.2. Qing Court Atlases and d’Anville’s Maps of China

8.3. The Encirclement of Central Eurasia

8.4. Epilogue

The Romanization of Chinese Toponyms / Emanuele Raini

9.1. Introduction

9.2. Brief Overview of the Romanization of the Chinese Language

9.3. Geographical Maps as a Source for the Study of Romanization

9.4. General Analysis of the Romanizations Employed on Maps of China

9.5. Conclusion

Cartobibliography: Notes on the Use of the Cartobibliography

1. 1584 Abraham Ortelius, Luiz Jorge de Barbuda, Antwerp
2. 1588 Abraham Ortelius, Filips Galle, Antwerp
3. 1589 Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza, Giuseppe Rosaccio, Bologna
4. c.1590 Michele Ruggieri, Rome(?)
5. 1593 Cornelis de Jode, Antwerp
6. 1596 Giovanni Botero, Johannes Metellus, Cologne
7. 1598 Abraham Ortelius, Pietro Maria Marchetti, Brescia
8. 1598 Pieter van den Keere, Cornelis Claesz., Barent Langenes, Middelburg
9. 1601 Abraham Ortelius, Johannes van Keerbergen, Antwerp
10. 1605 Cornelis van Wytfliet, Douai
11. 1606 Jodocus Hondius, Amsterdam
12. 1607 Jodocus Hondius, Amsterdam
13. 1615 Matteo Ricci, Nicolas Trigault, Christoph Mang, Augsburg
14. 1616 Matteo Ricci, Nicolas Trigault, Horace Cardon, Lyon
15. 1616 Petrus Bertius, Amsterdam
16. 1617 Matteo Ricci, Nicolas Trigault, Bernhard Wolter, Cologne
17. 1617 Matteo Ricci, Nicolas Trigault, Anton Hierat von Collen, Augsburg
18. 1625 Samuel Purchas, William Stansby, London
19. 1626 John Speed, London
20. 1628 Samuel Purchas, Johann Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt
21. 1628 Johannes Janssonius, Pieter van den Keere, Amsterdam
22. 1630 Jan Evertsz. Cloppenburch, Pieter van den Keere, Amsterdam
23. 1635 Willem Jansz. Blaeu, Amsterdam
24. 1636 Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam
25. 1638 Matthaeus Merian, Frankfurt
26. 1639 Nicolas Trigault, Leiden
27. 1642 Carlo Giangolini, Rome
28. 1643 Jean Boisseau, Paris
29. 1645 Pierre Duval, Paris

30. 1646 Pieter van den Keere, London
31. 1652 Nicolas (I) Sanson d’Abbeville, Samuel Purchas, Abraham Peyrounin, Paris
32. 1653 Daniello Bartoli, Jan Miel, Cornelis II Bloemaert, Rome
33. 1654 Martino Martini, Balthasar Moretus II, Antwerp
34. 1654 Martino Martini, Jost Kalckhoven, Cologne
35. 1654 Martino Martini, Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam
36. 1654 Martino Martini, Jacob Jacobsz. Pool, Delft
37. 1654 Martino Martini, Matthäus Cosmerovius, Vienna
38. 1654 Martino Martini, Jean Henault, Paris
39. 1654 Martino Martini, Veuve Jean Serrurier, Douai
40. 1654 Martino Martini, John Crook, London
41. 1655 Nicolas (I) Sanson d’Abbeville, Paris
42. 1655 Samuel Purchas, Álvaro de Semedo, John Crook, London
43. 1655 Martino Martini, Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam
44. 1655 Martino Martini, Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam
45. 1655 Martino Martini, Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam
46. 1656 Daniello Bartoli, Benedetto Guasco, Genova
47. 1656 Nicolas (I) Sanson d’Abbeville, Michele Ruggieri, Paris
48. c.1656 Pierre Duval, Paris
49. 1657 Pierre Duval, Paris
50. 1658 Martino Martini, Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam
51. 1658 Gabriel Bucelin, Ulm
52. 1659 Nicolas Picart, Paris
53. c.1659 Philippus Cluverius, Daniel Elsevier, Amsterdam
54. 1660 Martino Martini, Gillis Jansz. Valckenier, Amsterdam
55. 1661 Philippus Cluverius, Konrad Buno, Wolfenbüttel
56. 1661 Pierre Duval, Paris
57. c.1661 Anonymous (in French)
58. 1664-1666 Johannes van Loon, Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam
59. 1665 Johan Nieuhof, Jacob van Meurs, Amsterdam
60. 1665 Pierre Duval, Paris
61. c.1665 Philippe Briet, Paris
62. c.1665 Casimir Freschot, Antonio Francesco Lucini, Venice
63. 1666 Melchisédec Thévenot, Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Paris
64. 1666 Johan Nieuhof, Michiel Cnobbert, Antwerp
65. 1667 Athanasius Kircher, Joannes Janssonius van Waesberge, Elizaeus Weyerstraten, Amsterdam
66. 1667 Athanasius Kircher, Joannes Janssonius van Waesberghe, Elizaeus Weyerstraten, Amsterdam
67. 1667 Athanasius Kircher, Jacob van Meurs, Amsterdam
68. 1669 Johan Nieuhof, Wenceslaus Hollar, London
69. 1669 Richard Blome, London
70. 1670 Guillaume Sanson, Michele Ruggieri, Paris
71. 1670 Guillaume Sanson, Martino Martini, Paris
72. 1670 Guillaume Sanson, Michał Boym, Paris
73. 1670 Martino Martini, Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella, Paris
74. 1671 Andreas Müller, Berlin
75. 1671 John Ogilby, London
76. 1672 Pierre Duval, Paris
77. 1672 Philippus Cluverius, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Augustus Hanckwitz, Regensburg
78. c.1676 John Seller, London
79. 1678 Pierre Duval, Johann Hoffmann, Nuremberg
80. 1678 Philippus Cluverius, Leonhard Loschge, Nuremberg
81. 1679 Nicolas (I) Sanson d’Abbeville, Johann David Zunner, Frankfurt
82. 1680 Robert Morden, London
83. 1681 Jonas Moore, Herman Moll, London
84. 1682 Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola, Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome
85. 1682 Nicolas (I) Sanson d’Abbeville, Antoine de Winter, Simon de Vries, Utrecht
86. 1682 Philippus Cluverius, Johannes van den Aveele, Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge, Amsterdam

87. 1683 Allain Manesson-Mallet, Paris
88. 1683 Allain Manesson-Mallet, Paris
89. c.1684 Nicolas de Fer, Jacques Robbe, Paris
90. 1685 Allain Manesson-Mallet, Johann David II Zunner, Frankfurt

91. 1685 Allain Manesson-Mallet, Johann David II Zunner, Frankfurt
92. 1686 Philippe Couplet, François de Louvemont, Paris
93. After 1686 Philippe Couplet, Anonymous (in French)
94. 1687 Nicolas de Fer, François Halma, Utrecht
95. 1688 Melchior Haffner II, Johann Christoph Wagner, Augsburg
96. 1688 Vincenzo Coronelli, Venice
97. c.1689 John Seller, London
98. 1690 Nicolas de Fer, Sebastian Fernández de Medrano, Brussels
99. 1691 James Moxon, London
100. 1692 Johann Ulrich Müller, Gabriel Conrad Bodenehr, Ulm
101. 1696 Adam Olearius, Antoine de Winter, Hamburg
102. c.1696 Johann Hoffmann, Nuremberg
103. 1697 Abraham Ortelius, Domenico Lovisa, Venice
104. 1697 Philippus Cluverius, Johannes Wolters, Amsterdam and Samuel Smith, Benjamin Walford, London

105. 1698 Philippe Couplet, Louis le Comte, Benjamin Tooke Junior, London
106. 1701 Herman Moll, London
107. 1703 Nicolas de Fer, Paris
108. 1703 Philippe Couplet, Leopold Voigt, Vienna
109. 1706 Pieter van der Aa, Leiden
110. 1709 Nicolas de Fer, Francisco Laso, Madrid
111. 1710 De Chevigny, Guillaume Delisle, Chatelain Brothers, Amsterdam
112. 1711 Philippus Cluverius, Matthew Jenour, John Nicholson, London
113. 1712 Herman Moll, London
114. 1713 Pieter van der Aa, Leiden
115. c.1715 David Mortier, London
116. 1717 Guillaume Sanson, Paolo Petrini, Naples
117. 1720 De Chevigny, Guillaume Delisle, Stamperia Baglioni, Venice
118. 1725 Thomas Salmon, Herman Moll, London
119. 1725 De Chevigny, Guillaume Delisle, Philippe-Nicolas Lottin, Paris
120. 1729 Thomas Salmon, Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam
121. 1729 De Chevigny, Antonio Balle, Valencia
122. 1731 Thomas Salmon, Isaak Tirion, Giovanni Battista Albrizzi, Venice
123. 1732 Thomas Salmon, Isaak Tirion, Gottfried Christian Pingeling, Altona
124. 1732 Jodocus Hondius, Kâtip Çelebi, İbrahim Müteferrika, Istanbul
125. 1735 Herman Moll, London
126. c.1735[1730] Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville, Paris
127. c.1735[1734] Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville, Paris

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Summary

摘要

Bibliography -- Libraries cited -- Alphabetical index of maps by title -- Personal names

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