China.

Author/creator Hondius, Jodocus cartographer.
Other author Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, cartographer.
Other author Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651, publisher.
Other author Jansonius, Johannes, 1588-1664, publisher.
Format Map
Publication[Tot Amsterdam] : [by Ioannes Jansonius en Henricus Hondius], [1634?]
Description1 map : copper engraving ; 33 x 44 cm, on sheet 48 x 56 cm
Supplemental ContentLeiden University copy
Subjects

Cartographic dataScale approximately 1:15,586,000.
Local noteJoyner Rare vault copy is hand colored.
General noteRelief shown pictorially and with contours.
General noteScale given in "Milliaria Germanica" and "Leucae Hispanicae."
General noteNote in lower right reads, "Medius meridianus est 155. reliqui ad hunc inclinantur pro ratione 15. et 58 paralletorum."
General noteVerso, Dutch text with page 371-372: "Beschryvinghe van het Coninckrijck van China".
General noteBesides China, depicts Korea as an elongated island and Japan on the Ortelius-Teixeira model. The northwest coastline of America appears in the upper right corner with a notation that refers to the Tartar hordes that inhabit the region.--Dealer description.
General noteIllustrations include animals, a sea monster, a European and a Japanese ship, a wind-wagon, and Japanese persecution of a Christian missionary.
General noteFrom: Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii Atlas ofte afbeeldinghe vande gantsche weerldt (Tot Amsterdam : Ian Iansson, 1634), originally published in Latin (Amsterdam, 1606).
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Jack and Mary Spain
References Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici / Peter van der Krogt, vol I, [8410:1A:1:331], page 707
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare vault copy gift of Jack and Mary Spain, 6/19/2024
Genre/formMaps.

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