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Sankai yochi zenzu. - Public domain vintage map

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Sankai yochi zenzu. - Public domain vintage map

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Summary

Scale ca. 1:27,000,000 at the equator.
Wood block print, hand colored.
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows continents and oceans of the world at about 1600.
Based on Matteo Ricci's World map which was published in China in 1602.
Includes text.
At head of text: Chikyū bankoku sankai yochi zenzu setsu.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Date

01/01/1785
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Contributors

Nagakubo, Sekisui, 1717-1801.
Ricci, Matteo, 1552-1610.
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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