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Blaeu, Joan
Amsterdam
1655
"Honan, Imperii Sinarum Provincia quinta". Orig. copper-engraving after M. Martini's map of the region. Published by J. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1655. Original old colouring. With great figure title-cartouche and explanatory notes ("Notarum Explicatio"). 40,5:49 cm (16 x 19 1/4 inch.).
Koeman II, map 8425:2. - Very decorative map of Chinese province Honan with the city of Kaifeng ("Caifung") right of the center. Based on the cartographic compilations of the Jesuit missionary Martino Martini.