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Guang yu tu : er juan - Public domain vintage map
Summary
Woodblock print.
Shows the Great Wall of China, the defense sturctures of the military towns along the border and the coast. Also shows the number of soldiers and horses stationed in the border towns, and ethnic groups in the border area..
Enlarged Universal terrestrial atlas of China. Covers Yellow River, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, and the administrative divisions of China in Ming Dynasty.
Relief shown pictorially.
Compiled by Luo Hongxian and based on "Yu di tu" by Zhu Siben using Chinese grid system. Each grid represents 100 miles.
Geographical legend used.
Folding books, starting from both ends, text in 17 vertical lines.
LC set wormed holes.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
This atlas is kept in the Asian Division.
明嘉靖三十七年南京十三道監察御史刻本 冊葉裝 序言十七行三十六字 四周雙邊 白口 無魚尾 版匡高33.7寬33.5公分（全幅） 全書高41.5寬18.9公分.
"嘉靖戊午南京十三道監察御史重刊."
明羅洪先撰。此本雕印極精，折葉裝訂，凡一百一十七疊葉。卷末題：「嘉靖戊午南京十三道監察御史重刊」。按戊午為嘉靖三十七年（1558），從萬曆間錢岱翻刻本所載胡松、徐九臯兩序，知胡氏始刻是書於浙，時為嘉靖四十年（1561），則此本前於胡本者凡三年。然胡氏自序稱日本及琉球兩圖，為其所補入，今此本亦有琉球圖及日本圖，則亦為出於胡松校訂之本矣。此題云：「南京十三道監察御史重刊」，似此本之前，尚有一刻本，書闕有間，今不可攷矣。又以此本與錢本相較，知錢本之《華夷總圖》，即此本之《四夷圖》，是其圖不始於錢岱。此本又有《內三關邊圖》，不見錢本，亦不見於嘉靖四十年胡松自序。又桂萼、許論之說，為韓君恩所竄入，說見君恩自序。而錢本每圖後有「敘」，此本無之，未審亦為韓氏所加否也？朱思本(序)延祐七年(1320)，自序.
The geography discoveries and the new printing techniques resulted in maps that can be cheaply produced. Since a globe remains the only accurate way of representing the spherical earth, and any flat representation resulted in distorted projection. In 1569, Mercator published a map of the world specifically intended as an aid to navigation. It used a projection now known by Mercator's name, though it has been used by few others before him, based on a system of latitude and longitude that dated back to Hipparchus. Mercator's projection greatly enlarged territories as they recede from the equator. The distortion of Mercator's projection is a benefit to navigators since Mercator achieves a matching scale for longitude and latitude in every section of the map. A compass course can be plotted at the same angle on any part of Mercator's map. As a result marine charts still use this projection. By the time of his death in 1595, Mercator has either published or prepared large engraved maps, designed for binding into volume form, of France, Germany, Italy, the Balkans, and the British Isles. Mercator's son issues the entire series under the title "Atlas": "Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes." The name becomes the word for a volume of maps.
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