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Hua I Thu

The Hua-i T'u "Map of China and the Barbarian Countries", one of the two most important monuments of mediaeval Chinese cartography, carved in stone in +1136/1137 but probably dating from about +1040 (from Chavannes). The size of the original (which bears the full explanatory text) which is now in the Stone Forest Museum at Xi'an, is about 3 ft (1 m) square. The name of the geographer is not known.

Date
c. 1959
Place
China
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
495 × 536 pixels

Public domain

Reason: public domain: Art (PD-old).

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