Wu bei zhi

Wood block print. "Juan 240" shows Zheng He's voyager route from Nanjing, passing through South East Asia, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, all the way to Persian Gulf. Early Qing Dynasty ed., prefaced Tianqi 1 (1621). Juan (chapter) 240 is one of 80 volumes in 8 cases (30 x 19 cm.). "Wu bei zhi juan er bai si shi." The 80 vols. set is kept in Chinese Rare Book Cage. On double leaves, oriental style.

Date: 1644
Mapmaker / publisher: Mao, Yuanyi
Archive: Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type: map
Sheets: 17
Original size: 6,330 × 6,131 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"Wu bei zhi" (1644). Mao, Yuanyi. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wu_bei_zhi_LOC_2004633695-1.jpg

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