Regnum Chinae

Antique Maps of China

by Giovanni Botero

MAP Metellus, 1596?

1 map ; 17 x 22 cm

Abstract
An extremely uncommon small map of China, it was published in a number of German atlases issued by Metellus and others in Cologne. The model of the map is the earlier Ortelius-Barbuda map of China of 1584 with the same sidelong orientation, but a simpler design

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Collection Antique Maps of China Map makers Botero, Giovanni, 1540-1617 Geographic region China 中國 Additional titles Kingdom of China 中華帝國 Note Scale indeterminable Title from "China in European maps", p.158:中華帝國=The Kingdom of China Relief shown pictorially Modelled on Ortelius-Giorgio's map of China of 1584 Language Latin Call number G7820 1596 .B67

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Regnum Chinae

by Giovanni Botero

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