L'Asia Nuovamente Corretta, et Accresiuta, Secondo le Relationi piu Moderne du Guglielmo Sansone…
A spectacular 1687 map of Asia by the important Italian cartographer Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi. Depicts the entire continent as well as parts of Europe, Africa, and the East Indies. In drawing this map Rossi drew heavily upon Nicholas Sanson’s map of Asia in ancient times. In East Asia the cartography is still fairly speculative. Hokkaido is shown attached to the mainland in a vast peninsula named Yvpi. Separated from this landmass by the narrow Strait of St. Vries is a mysterious landmass called Ieco, a name which itself is commonly associated with Hokkaido. West of Japan, Korea appears as a narrow peninsula after the Mercator-Honduis example. Further inland, in western China, Chiamay Lake is depicted. This mythical body of water was postulated by Ortelius as source for the great rivers of Southeast Asia. In a marked departure from Sanson’s map, Rossi corrects the orientation of the Caspian Sea to the proper north-south axis. In the East Indies he separates New Guinea into separate islands, “Terra de Papous” and “N. Guinea”. In the far north the Mongol empire is labeled Magog, referencing Marco Polo’s association of Mongolia with the Biblical land of “Magog.” An attractive decor
- Date
- 1687
- Place
- Asia
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 5,000 × 3,624 pixels
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"L'Asia Nuovamente Corretta, et Accresiuta, Secondo le Relationi piu Moderne du Guglielmo Sansone…" (1687). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1687_Sanson_-_Rossi_Map_of_Asia_-_Geographicus_-_Asia-rossi-1697.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 239738.
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