Old antique Ptolemy map of China, Tartary and Japan by M. Waldseemüller & L. Fries. 1522
Very rare first edition. (Only this first edition has a titel in a banderole).
This is the first printed map of China, Northern Southeast Asia and Japan (called "Zipangri"). According to the text on the verso, this map was drawn from primary information from Marco Polo (1254-1324). A vignette is located East of of the Chinese province Cathai, it shows the Great Kublai Khan (1215-1324) seated in a tent holding two swords. Marco Polo met Kublai Khan in 1269.
S Tabula [on verso:] Ta Superioris Indiae et Tartariae Maioris.
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Category: Antique maps > Asia > China
Old, antique Ptolemy map of China, Tartary and Japan by L. Fries.
Date of the first edition: 1522
Date of this map: 1522
Woodcut
Size: 33 x 46cm (12.9 x 17.9 inches) Sheet size: 38 x 53.5cm (14.8 x 20.9 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Excellent.
Condition Rating: A+
References: Karrow, 28/46; Suarez (SE Asia), p.118-119; Walter L., 3.
From: L. Fries, Opus Geographiae. Strasbourg, J. Grüninger, 1522. (Shirley (Brit. Lib.), T.PTOL.7a))
Very rare first edition. (Only this first edition has a title in a banderole).
This is the first printed map of China, Northern Southeast Asia and Japan (called "Zipangri"). According to the text on the verso, this map was drawn from primary information from Marco Polo (1254-1324). A vignette is located East of of the Chinese province Cathai, it shows the Great Kublai Khan (1215-1324) seated in a tent holding two swords. Marco Polo met Kublai Khan in 1269.
Very rare first edition. (Only this first edition has a titel in a banderole).
This is the first printed map of China, Northern Southeast Asia and Japan (called "Zipangri"). According to the text on the verso, this map was drawn from primary information from Marco Polo (1254-1324). A vignette is located East of of the Chinese province Cathai, it shows the Great Kublai Khan (1215-1324) seated in a tent holding two swords. Marco Polo met Kublai Khan in 1269.
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