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Kun yu wan guo quan tu

Relief shown pictorially. Title from Web page (viewed on April 20, 2010). Sheets individually numbered, e.g. Si fu. Online version of the map on an exhibition at the that opened from Jan. 12 to April 17, 2010. The main map shows an oval shaped world map, includes insets of astronomical and seasonal maps. On top right is "Seventh Heaven" chart; on bottom right is "Armillary sphere"; on top left is a map of "Northern Hemisphere", "Solar and Lunar Eclipse" chart; and on bottom left is a map of "Southern Hemisphere", map of "Chinese 24 seasonal segments calendar" and "Quantity-day ruler". Accompanied with explaining text for the map and insets. The map covers five continents and four Oceans, Europe (Ou Luo Ba), Africa (Li Wei Ya), South and North America (Nan Bei Ya Mou Li Jia), Asia (Ya Xi Ya), and Antarctica (Mo Wa La Ni Jia); Atlantic (Da Xi Yang), Pacific Ocean (Da Dong Yang), Indian Ocean (Xiao Xi Yang), and Arctic Ocean (Bing Hai). Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C.: Geography & Maps Division, 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Reproduction made from a co

Date
1602
Mapmaker / publisher
Ricci, Matteo;. National Digital Library Program;
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Sheets
6
Original size
7,508 × 20,333 pixels

Public domainsafest

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.

Credit line

"Kun yu wan guo quan tu" (1602). Ricci, Matteo;. National Digital Library Program;. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kun_yu_wan_guo_quan_tu_LOC_2010585650-1.jpg

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All 6 sheets

Each sheet links to its file at the archive; the image link is the full-size scan.

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