Blaeu, Joan: Nanking, sive Kiangnan, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Nona. 1655

English
China
Blaeu
1655
copperplate engraving
Coloured
49 x 40,5 cm
ORIGINAL

This map is from a series of 15 provinces of China from the “Atlas Sinensis” in 1655 by Blaeu and Martini. In the eastern province of Nanjing and the mouth of the Yangtze and the location of modern day Shanghai. The bottom left contains a beautiful decorative title cartouche flanked with contemporary images of learned Chinese. Underneath this is the mileage scale and above is the key. Joan Blaeu (1599-1673) worked with his father Willem Janszoon and brother Cornelis in Amsterdam. In 1638 he was appointed cartographer of the East India Company.

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmaker, Early World Press, 2004, p145

Deutsch
China
Blaeu
1655
Kupferstich
Altkoloriert
49 x 40,5 cm
ORIGINALKARTE

Karte der Serie von 15 Provinz - Karten von China aus dem Atlas Sinensis von Blaeu und Martini. Sie zeigtdie östliche Provinz von Nanking ,die Mündung des Yangtze und den Platz des heutigen Shanghai. Unten links schöne dekorative Titelkartusche, gerahmt von Chinesen in typischer Kleidung.