File:CEM-36-Regno-della-China-2355.jpg

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English: A map of China (in Italian): "The Kingdom of China, presently called Catay and Mangin, divided into its principal provinces on a most precise map"
Italiano: "Il regno della China detto presentemente Catay e Mangin diuiso sopra le carte piu esatte nelle sue principali prouincie"
Date Originally published 1682; the copy at HKUST is a 1689 reprint.
Source
English: An antique map from the Special Collection "China in Maps" of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library, reproduced by the HKUST Library in the book "China in European Maps", Hong Kong, 2003. ISBN 962-86403-9-9.
中文:一幅古代的地图从香港科技大学图书馆 ( 地圖中國 - 圖書館特藏展). 在书"China in European Maps", 香港, 2003. ISBN 962-86403-9-9.
Русский: Старинная карта из специальной коллекции Библиотеки Гонконгского научно-технического университета. Опубликована этой библиотекой в книге "China in European Maps" (Китай на европейских картах), Гонконг, 2003. ISBN 962-86403-9-9, тиражом 1000 экз. См. также каталог выставки, Special Collection "China in Maps".
Plate 36: "Il regno della China detto presentemente Catay e Mangin diuiso sopra le carte piu esatte nelle sue principali prouincie"
Author
Giacomo Cantelli  (1643–1695)  wikidata:Q12631470
 
Giacomo Cantelli
Alternative names
Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola
Description Italian cartographer
Date of birth/death February 1643 Edit this at Wikidata 30 November 1695 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Vignola Modena
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creator QS:P170,Q12631470
Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (1627-1691)
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1682 map of China by Giacomo Cantelli ("The Kingdom of China, presently called Catay and Mangin, divided into its principal provinces on a most precise map")

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current20:33, 26 September 2010Thumbnail for version as of 20:33, 26 September 20102,421 × 1,904 (1.98 MB)RswarbrickPerspective txform to fix the perspective presumably from the photo of the wall. Also brightened colours a bit, trying to keep a similar yellow/orange shade.
12:45, 19 March 2009Thumbnail for version as of 12:45, 19 March 20092,560 × 1,920 (2.07 MB)VmenkovSlightly better scan of the same entire map
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