Wanguo_Quantu

<i>Wanguo Quantu</i>

Wanguo Quantu

1620s world map

Wanguo Quantu or the Complete Map of the Myriad Countries is a map developed in the 1620s by the Jesuit Giulio Aleni in Ming China following the earlier work of Matteo Ricci, who was the first Jesuit to speak Chinese and to publish maps of the world in Chinese from 1574 to 1603. Aleni modified Ricci's maps to accommodate Chinese demands for a Sinocentric projection, placing the "Middle Kingdom" at the center of the visual field.[2]

Quick Facts Wanguo Quantu, Traditional Chinese ...
A Wanguo Quantu map, introduced by a notice written by Giulio Aleni, whose Chinese name appears in the signature in the last column on the left, above the Jesuit IHS symbol.[2]

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Citations

  1. [1]
    Wigal, p.202
  2. [2]
    Vatican exhibit

Bibliography

  • The Sino-European Map (“Shanhai yudi quantu”) in the Encyclopedia Sancai tuhui Roderich Ptak
  • Wigal, Donald (2000) Historic Maritime Maps, Parkstone Press, New York, ISBN 1-85995-750-1
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