Subject: World maps--Early works to 1800

Kunyu quantu 坤輿全圖. [Ferdinand Verbiest : World Map, Peking, 1674]
AuthorRicci, Matteo 利瑪竇, 1552-1610Verbiest, Ferdinand 南懷仁, 1623-1688Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
PlaceTaibei Shi 臺北市
PublisherSait Cartographic Institute
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageChinese-English
TypeMap
Series
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