"Iunan, Quelcheu, e Quangsi Provincie della China...", Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria

This splendid map of Iunan, Quelcheu and Quangsi (comprising the present-day provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi) comes from a set of six maps showing thirteen Chinese provinces. The map was based on the Blaeu/Martini map, but was rendered in Coronelli's unique, flourishing style with mountains, forests, lakes, rivers and towns all graphically depicted and embellished with large title and scale cartouches. The Jesuit missions are noted on the map with "IHS." Vincenzo Coronelli was a Franciscan priest and renowned mathematician and cartographer. He was appointed official Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic in 1685 and founded the world's earliest geographic society, L'Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti.

References: Phillips (Atlases) #5951-153.

Condition: B

A dark impression on a watermarked sheet with a complete centerfold separation that has been rejoined on verso with archival materials. There is a tiny hole adjacent to the lower centerfold with minute image loss and a paper flaw adjacent to the word "Huquang" at top right. Light dampstaining at lower left and right. The shadow along the centerfold is caused by our scanner and is not on the physical map.