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Author
Hotan, 1654-1738
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Wood block print. Hand colored. In Chinese with Japanese annotations in red ink. Shows the world based on Buddhist literature from India and China. This map is based on a Buddhist conceptual view of the world with India at the center, yet it includes contemporary European geographical knowledge -- Europe is shown as a group of islands in the upper left corner and South America is an island in the ocean south of Japan on the right side. The map has many place names in Asia not found on European maps of the period. In the center of the map in the Himalayan Mountains is a quadruple helix symbolizing the origins of the four great rivers of the region (the Indus, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Sutlej rivers) emanating from the heads of a horse, a lion, an elephant, and an ox. This is the site of the present day Lake Manasarovar, the highest fresh water lake in the world. "A land bridge connects China to an unnamed continent in the upper right corner ..."--Cortazzi. Relief shown pictorially. Bibliography. Title in Nihon kohan chizu shusei: Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Folded in cover 24x19. Has annotations in red ink.
Author
Wells, Edward, 1667-1727
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Copper engraved double page map. Showing political divisions. Relief shown pictorially. Includes abbreviations.
Author
Wells, Edward, 1667-1727
Note
Copper engraved double page map. Showing political divisions. Relief shown pictorially. Includes abbreviations.
Author
Wells, Edward, 1667-1727
Note
Copper engraved double page map. Showing political divisions. Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes, compass rose and explanations. Prime meridians are Ferro and London.
Author
Wells, Edward, 1667-1727
Note
Copper engraved double page map. Showing political divisions. Relief shown pictorially. In cartouche, upper left: A new map of ancient Asia. Includes abbreviations.
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