COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
Collection
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Barcode:
3687800354564G
identifier
3687800354564G
Barcode
false
Title:
Chart of the China Sea
title
Chart of the China Sea
Title
false
Original Title:
[Carte de la Mer de Chine]
full_title
[Carte de la Mer de Chine]
Original Title
false
Contributor:
Thornton, John, 1641-1708, cartographer
contributor
Thornton, John, 1641-1708, cartographer
Contributor
false
Category:
Sea Charts
category
Sea Charts
Category
false
Type:
Manuscripts
type
Manuscripts
Type
false
Language:
English
language
English
Language
false
Language:
Latin
language
Latin
Language
false
Language:
Portuguese
language
Portuguese
Language
false
Create Year:
1699
date
1699
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG 2000, 9280 x 11120, 205.7MB
format
JPEG 2000, 9280 x 11120, 205.7MB
Format
false
Scale:
Scale not given.
scale
Scale not given.
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
92 x 76 cm, on sheet 111 x 87 cm
obj_height_cm
92 x 76 cm, on sheet 111 x 87 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
This nautical chart was clearly made from a map of the same region by Joan Blaeu in 1667. It depicts part of the Southeast coast of China with the Island of Taiwan (Formosa), the Kyushu islands and part of Honshu. Korea can be seen as a very small island. Characteristic of nautical charts the map focus on waterways and inshore areas with quite a number of toponyms while the interior remains mostly blank. The same is true for toponyms on Taiwan that appear heavily on the west side of the island, while on the east they are scarce.
note
This nautical chart was clearly made from a map of the same region by Joan Blaeu in 1667. It depicts part of the Southeast coast of China with the Island of Taiwan (Formosa), the Kyushu islands and part of Honshu. Korea can be seen as a very small island. Characteristic of nautical charts the map focus on waterways and inshore areas with quite a number of toponyms while the interior remains mostly blank. The same is true for toponyms on Taiwan that appear heavily on the west side of the island, while on the east they are scarce.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a colored manuscript map on parchment, 92 x 76 cm.
note
Original is a colored manuscript map on parchment, 92 x 76 cm.
Note
false
Note:
Title from provenance library.
note
Title from provenance library.
Note
false
Note:
There is a 32-point compass rose on the map with a fleur-de-lis indicating north, colored blue, yellow, red, green and magenta. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are black, half-winds are green and quarter-winds are red.
note
There is a 32-point compass rose on the map with a fleur-de-lis indicating north, colored blue, yellow, red, green and magenta. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are black, half-winds are green and quarter-winds are red.
Note
false
Note:
Table of leagues on the right bottom corner of the map in ornamented cartouche colored red, blue, yellow and magenta.
note
Table of leagues on the right bottom corner of the map in ornamented cartouche colored red, blue, yellow and magenta.
Note
false
Note:
Relief shown pictorially.
note
Relief shown pictorially.
Note
false
Note:
Latitude line roughly in the middle of the map in red, blue and yellow interchangeably.
note
Latitude line roughly in the middle of the map in red, blue and yellow interchangeably.
Note
false
Note:
Landmasses outlined in blue, green, yellow and magenta with small islands painted in the same colors.
note
Landmasses outlined in blue, green, yellow and magenta with small islands painted in the same colors.
Note
false
Note:
Tropic of Cancer in red double fillet.
note
Tropic of Cancer in red double fillet.
Note
false
Note:
Toponyms on land are written in black and on water in red.
note
Toponyms on land are written in black and on water in red.
Note
false
Note:
Map with yellow border.
note
Map with yellow border.
Note
false
Note:
Authorship and notes in English with Tropic line in Latin. Place names both in English and Portuguese.
note
Authorship and notes in English with Tropic line in Latin. Place names both in English and Portuguese.
Note
false
Reference:
Foncin, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques sur vélin conservées au Département des cartes et plans, p. 296
reference
Foncin, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques sur vélin conservées au Département des cartes et plans, p. 296
Reference
false
Reference:
Pflederer, R. Census of Portolan Charts & Atlases: as reported and listed by the noted scholars of the genre in their works ranging from 1897 to 2008, p. 69
reference
Pflederer, R. Census of Portolan Charts & Atlases: as reported and listed by the noted scholars of the genre in their works ranging from 1897 to 2008, p. 69
Reference
false
Subject:
Nautical charts
subject
Nautical charts
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
China
geographic_area
China
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Japan
geographic_area
Japan
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Taiwan
geographic_area
Taiwan
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Korea
geographic_area
Korea
Geographic Area
false
Provenance:
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Provenance
false
Provenance:
source
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40781811f
Provenance
false
Provenance Call No.:
GE SH 18 PF 181 P 4 RES
original_call_no
GE SH 18 PF 181 P 4 RES
Provenance Call No.
false
MUST holding:
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MUST holding
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