Author: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673

Blaeu's The Grand Atlas of the 17th century world [Atlas maior. Selections]
Date1991
Publish_locationNew York
PublisherRizzoli
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish, Latin
Record_typeAtlas
ShelfSeminar Room 102-103 Oversize
Call NumberG1015.B48 1662 .G6 1991
Description1 atlas (224 p.) : col. maps ; 39 cm
Note

Blaeu's "The Grand Atlas of the 17th century world" / introduction, captions, and selection of maps by John Goss ; foreword by Peter Clark.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 224).
Introduction and commentary in English, maps in Latin.
Scales differ.
"The original maps ... first appeared in Dr. Joan Blaeu's 'Atlas major,' published in Amsterdam in 1662"--T.p. verso.
Published in cooperation with the Royal Geographical Society, London, whose copy of the Dutch-text edition was, with few exceptions, the basis for the present edition.

SubjectCartography--History Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673. Atlas maior Atlases--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles Civilization, Modern--17th century--Maps Early maps--Facsimiles
ISBN0847813002
LCCN90-82441
Kunyu quantu 坤輿全圖. [Ferdinand Verbiest : World Map, Peking, 1674]
Date1963
Publish_locationTaibei Shi 臺北市
PublisherSait Cartographic Institute
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageChinese-English
Record_typeMap
ShelfMap Case
Call Number2A
Description1 map on 2 sheets ; sheets 108 x 77 cm
NoteReproduction is made by Sait Cartographic Institute.
A reproduction of an 1860 (Xianfeng gengshen 咸豐庚申) reprint of Verbiest's 1674 map of the eastern and western hemispheres. Includes illustration captions, text in Chinese, and historical note in English.
Scale 1:28,000,000. (reduced: original 1:13,000,000)

LC & Harvard-Yenching records note: Wood block prints. Shows the world in two hemispheres. Relief shown pictorially. Based on the world map of Joannes Blaeu (and Matteo Ricci). Translated title: Double Hemisphere Map of the World. See: OCLC#5681168

SubjectVerbiest, Ferdinand 南懷仁, 1623-1688--Contributions in cartography Kunyu quantu 坤輿全圖--Reproductions World maps--China World maps--Early works to 1800