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A NEW & ACCURATE MAP OF CHINA DRAWN FROM SURVEYS MADE BY THE JESUIT MISSIONARIES, BY THE ORDER OF THE EMPEROR. THE WHOLE BEING REGULATED BY NUMEROUS ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS by Bowen, Emanuel
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$700.00
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Book description: 1766.. Folds as issued, left margin trimmed close otherwise very good.. 13-1/2” x 16-1/2”- 34.2 x 41.9 cm.. Published in “The Maps and Charts to the Modern Part of the Universal History” London: T. Osborne etc., Copper engraved map with later hand colouring. ESTC; T172676; Phillips, 639; Shirley, R. Maps in the atlases, T.Bow-2d A lovely and detailed map of the China based on the Jesuit missionaries’ surveys carried out between 1708-1717. The survey began July 4th 1708 and traversed the whole expanse of China, finishing up on January 1, 1718. The work was carried out by French Jesuits Jean Baptiste Regis, Pierre Jartoux, Austrian Ernbert Fridelli, Portuguese Francis Cardoso and Guillaume Bonjour who was the only non Jesuit. When finally complete the latitude of some 300 cities had been determined. The monumental map was sent back to France and published in D’Anville’s "Description de la Chine" in 1735. China, Jesuits
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