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Da Ming yu di tu

Sichuan, plate 13

The "Map of Sichuan" from the Atlas of the Ming Empire (Daming Yuditu) compiled in the 1540s and 1550s during the Jianjing Era (嘉靖) of the Ming dynasty. Beijing prime meridian. Each square represents a certain number of li (里, around ⅓ km), misunderstood by the as "miles" (around 1⅔ km). copy provided by Langdon Warner 1929 (#10), misrepresented as the work's creator. Some damage. Previous.D3 1566 Vault Shelf.

Date
1547
Mapmaker / publisher
Omitted
Place
Sichuan
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
9,647 × 8,998 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Da Ming yu di tu" (1547). Omitted. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Da_Ming_yu_di_tu_LOC_2002626776-13.jpg

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