Samuel Purchas: The Map of China
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Cartographer:
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Samuel Purchas
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Title:
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The Map of China
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Date:
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1625
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Published:
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London
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Width:
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12 inches / 31 cm
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Height:
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15 inches / 39 cm
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Map ref:
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SEAS4639
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Description:
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| This hugely important map of China is the first with information taken directly from Chinese sources presents a radically different school of geography to the accepted Jesuit model of Ortelius. The information was taken from a Chinese map acquired in Bantan by Captain John Saris, the first Englishman to lead a trading mission to Japan. [SEAS4639] |