Beschreibung
Asien / China
Merian, Matthäus
c. 1660
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Rare map of China, Japan and the "island" of Korea. Title cartouche is flanked by contemporary Chinese people and the legendary "Chiamay Lacus" is located in the south. Two European merchant vessels sail the Pacific. Merian has based this map of an earlier version of the region by Joan Blaeu. Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, Early World Press 2004, p429 |
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