Abstract
This rare and important early English map of China was first published in "Purchas his Pilgrimes". Purchas recorded it as being copied from a large Chinese map captured by English merchant John Saris. The Chinese title of the map, 皇明一统方輿備覧, appears on the top. Squares and circles depict cities and settlements. Vignettes in the corners of the map depict Matteo Ricci and a Chinese man and woman.
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