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The Kunyu Quantu (simplified Chinese: 坤舆全图; traditional Chinese: 坤輿全圖; pinyin: Kūnyú Quántú), or Full Map of the World, was a map of the world developed by Jesuit father Ferdinand Verbiest during his mission in China in 1674.[1] A copy is in the Hunterian Museum.

The Kunyu Quantu, 1672 version (Biblioteca Marciana Venice)
The Kunyu Quantu, 1674 version

The map follows the earlier works of Matteo Ricci, such as the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu.

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  1. [1]
    "U21 Museums Gateway". Archived from the original on 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
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