China [map] / [Jodocus Hondius]
Map of China, Japan, Korea and the Northwest Coast of America.
Scale ca. 1 cm. = 19 German miles (E72º -- W160º / N58º -- N15º); China; Korea.

Relief shown pictorially. "Medius Meridianus est 155 reliqui ad hunc inclinantur pro ratione 15 & 58 parallelorum."; Includes illustrations of wheeled wind machine, junk, masted ship, and crucifixion [persecution of Christians in Japan]; Represents Korea as an island, "Corea"; Sea of Korea not labeled.; Map verso has text "Regnum Chinae", p. 354 and 355.; Copper engraving, printed on chain-lined paper.

Image at Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps
See BnF catalog record
See Map and accompanying Latin document Regnvm Chinae
Local image: [Hondius-China (1606).jpg