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Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (坤輿萬國全圖).Caspian Sea
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Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (坤輿萬國全圖).Caspian Sea

Unattributed, very detailed, two page colored edition (1604?), copy of the 1602 map Kunyu Wanguo Quantu by Matteo Ricci at the request of the Wanli Emperor. This digitalization of the map is of a Japanese export copy of the original Chinese version, with phonetic annotations in Katakana for foreign place names outside of the Sinic world, predominantly around Europe, Russia and the Near East.

Date
1604
Mapmaker / publisher
Kunyu_Wanguo_Quantu_(坤輿萬國全圖).jpg: Matteo Ricci *derivative work: Geagea
Place
the Caspian Sea
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
989 × 667 pixels

Public domainsafest

Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.

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

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"Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (坤輿萬國全圖).Caspian Sea" (1604). Kunyu_Wanguo_Quantu_(坤輿萬國全圖).jpg: Matteo Ricci *derivative work: Geagea, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kunyu_Wanguo_Quantu_(%E5%9D%A4%E8%BC%BF%E8%90%AC%E5%9C%8B%E5%85%A8%E5%9C%96).Caspian_Sea.jpg

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