"La Chine Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Messr's de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, etc.", Aa, Pieter van der
Subject: China and Korea
Period: 1729 (circa)
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Color: Black & White
Size:
11.7 x 9 inches
29.7 x 22.9 cm
Attractive copperplate engraving with a pictorial cartouche featuring Chinese merchants with temples in the background. The map covers most of China with an unusual depiction of the Korean peninsula with the 'Isle de Fungma ou de Quelpaerts' at its southern tip.
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Condition: B
Light damp stain entering image at bottom