Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio. auctore Ludovico Georgio. Cum privilegio Imperatoris, Regis, & Brabantiae: ad decennium. 1584.

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dc.coverage.spatialChina
dc.coverage.temporal1584
dc.creatorOrtelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-22T20:32:58Z
dc.date.available2026-05-22T20:32:58Z
dc.date.issued1595
dc.descriptionScale approximately 1:2,800,000. 1 map : 33.5 x 45.5 cm, on sheet 45 x 58.5 cm. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Includes illustrations and decorative cartouches. Ortelius' map of China is the first Western map of China taken directly from reports of the Portuguese mapmaker Luis Jorge de Barbuda (Ludovicus Georgius). It's the earliest printed map to focus on China and the first to illustrate the Great Wall of China. Map also shows Japan, Southeast Asia, and the Philippines. On verso: China, p. 106. From Ortellius' <i>Theatrum orbis terrarum</i>.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10524/92344
dc.languageLatin
dc.publisherOrtelius
dc.publisher.placeAntwerp
dc.relation.ispartofThe Wing Lau Rare Map Collection
dc.relation.ispartofEarly and Historical Maps
dc.subject.lcshMaps
dc.subject.lcshEarly maps
dc.subject.lcshChina
dc.titleChinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio. auctore Ludovico Georgio. Cum privilegio Imperatoris, Regis, & Brabantiae: ad decennium. 1584.
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