"China", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: China, Korea & Japan
Period: 1610 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.5 x 5.8 inches
19.1 x 14.7 cm
A charming map reduced from Jodocus Hondius' important map of the kingdom of China. Oriented with north to the right, it shows the eastern part of China (bounded in the west by the Great Wall) dominated by several large lakes and major rivers. Korea is a strangely shaped island, and the three main islands of Japan and the north part of the Philippines are included. Latin text on verso.
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Condition: A
Manuscript page number and cardinal directions in blank margins. There is some marginal soil and the top margin is narrow, but still adequate for framing.
