China - Philippines - Japan by Giovanni Botero / Natalis Metellus. 1596
Regnum Chinae.
Item Number: 3181
Category:
Antique maps > Asia > China
References: Meurer (Cologne) - Bot 12
Old map of China by Giovanni Botero / Natalis Metellus, showing Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Japan.
Oriented to the West.
Cartographer: Natalius Metellus
Date of the first edition: 1596
Date of this map: 1596
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 16 x 21cm (6.2 x 8.1 inches)
Verso text: German
Condition: Excellent.
Condition Rating: A+
References: Meurer (Cologne), Bot 12.
From: G. Botero. Theatrum oder Schawspiegel: Darin alle Fürsten der Welt, so Kräffte und Reichtumb halben namhafft seind, vorgestellt werden ... Cologne, Lambert Andree, 1596.