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Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
36878003545039
identifier
36878003545039
Barcode
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Title:
Abbregé de la carte de la Chine du R.P. Bouyn, Jesuiste
title
Abbregé de la carte de la Chine du R.P. Bouyn, Jesuiste
Title
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Original Title:
Abbregé de la carte de la Chine du R.P. Bouyn, Iesuiste
full_title
Abbregé de la carte de la Chine du R.P. Bouyn, Iesuiste
Original Title
false
Contributor:
Sanson, Guillaume, 1633-1703, cartographer
contributor
Sanson, Guillaume, 1633-1703, cartographer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Boym, Michal, 1612-1659, bibliographic antecedent
contributor
Boym, Michal, 1612-1659, bibliographic antecedent
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Mariette, Pierre, 1634-1716, printer
contributor
Mariette, Pierre, 1634-1716, printer
Contributor
false
Category:
General Maps
category
General Maps
Category
false
Type:
Printed
type
Printed
Type
false
Language:
French
language
French
Language
false
Language:
Latin
language
Latin
Language
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Create Year:
1670
date
1670
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG 2000, 3288 x 2995, 17MB
format
JPEG 2000, 3288 x 2995, 17MB
Format
false
Scale:
Scale not given.
scale
Scale not given.
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
22 x 25 cm, on sheet 31 x 33 cm
obj_height_cm
22 x 25 cm, on sheet 31 x 33 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
The source of the map, as stated by the title, was the Polish Jesuit missionary Michal Piotr Boym. He was one of the first westerners to travel within China Mainland, and the author of numerous works on Asian fauna, flora and geography. During his return trip to Europe he prepared a large collection of maps of China and South-East Asia. The merit of Boym's maps was that they were one of the first European maps to properly represent Korea as a peninsula, rather than an island, although extending too far south. A small northern part of the Philippine Island of Luzon can be seen on the bottom part of the map. He also took notice of the correct positions of many Chinese cities previously unknown to westerners. Boym also marked the Great Wall and the Gobi Desert (Xamo Desertum). He prepared a collection of maps with the intent of producing an atlas, but his work was never published during his lifetime but it extended the knowledge of China in the West. Nicholas Sanson over the course of his career produced over 300 maps, he was born in Abbeville in Picardy. Upon moving to Paris, he gained the attention of Cardinal Richelieu, who made an introduction of Sanson to King Louis XIII leading to Sanson's tutoring of the king. His success can be chalked up to his geographic and research skills, but also to his partnership with Pierre Mariette with whom he worked up until 1657. The depiction of the Great Wall is rather accurate and quite a number of toponyms can be seen on Mainland China even though Korea is blank denoting the lack of knowledge the westerners had of the country.
note
The source of the map, as stated by the title, was the Polish Jesuit missionary Michal Piotr Boym. He was one of the first westerners to travel within China Mainland, and the author of numerous works on Asian fauna, flora and geography. During his return trip to Europe he prepared a large collection of maps of China and South-East Asia. The merit of Boym's maps was that they were one of the first European maps to properly represent Korea as a peninsula, rather than an island, although extending too far south. A small northern part of the Philippine Island of Luzon can be seen on the bottom part of the map. He also took notice of the correct positions of many Chinese cities previously unknown to westerners. Boym also marked the Great Wall and the Gobi Desert (Xamo Desertum). He prepared a collection of maps with the intent of producing an atlas, but his work was never published during his lifetime but it extended the knowledge of China in the West. Nicholas Sanson over the course of his career produced over 300 maps, he was born in Abbeville in Picardy. Upon moving to Paris, he gained the attention of Cardinal Richelieu, who made an introduction of Sanson to King Louis XIII leading to Sanson's tutoring of the king. His success can be chalked up to his geographic and research skills, but also to his partnership with Pierre Mariette with whom he worked up until 1657. The depiction of the Great Wall is rather accurate and quite a number of toponyms can be seen on Mainland China even though Korea is blank denoting the lack of knowledge the westerners had of the country.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a copperplate printed, 25 x 27 cm.
note
Original is a copperplate printed, 25 x 27 cm.
Note
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Note:
Title inside scrollwork cartouche on the right bottom corner of the map.
note
Title inside scrollwork cartouche on the right bottom corner of the map.
Note
false
Note:
Double scale line in black and white interchangeably, on the left side of the title cartouche.
note
Double scale line in black and white interchangeably, on the left side of the title cartouche.
Note
false
Note:
Relief shown pictorially.
note
Relief shown pictorially.
Note
false
Note:
Tropic of Cancer in double fillet.
note
Tropic of Cancer in double fillet.
Note
false
Note:
Map with graticule.
note
Map with graticule.
Note
false
Note:
The four borders of the map with latitude and longitude lines in black and white interchangeably. And labelled with North, South, East and West in Latin Septentrion. (Septentriones), Midy, Occident. and Orient. respectively.
note
The four borders of the map with latitude and longitude lines in black and white interchangeably. And labelled with North, South, East and West in Latin Septentrion. (Septentriones), Midy, Occident. and Orient. respectively.
Note
false
Note:
Map outlined in simple fillet.
note
Map outlined in simple fillet.
Note
false
Note:
Macao in China maps.
note
Macao in China maps.
Note
false
Note:
Title and scale in French with Cardinal points, notes and Tropic line in Latin.
note
Title and scale in French with Cardinal points, notes and Tropic line in Latin.
Note
false
Reference:
Szcześniak, B. The Seventeenth Century Maps of China. An Inquiry into the Compilations of European Cartographers, In Imago Mundi, vol. 13 (1956), pp. 116-136
reference
Szcześniak, B. The Seventeenth Century Maps of China. An Inquiry into the Compilations of European Cartographers, In Imago Mundi, vol. 13 (1956), pp. 116-136
Reference
false
Subject:
Administrative and political divisions
subject
Administrative and political divisions
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
China
geographic_area
China
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Taiwan
geographic_area
Taiwan
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Hainan Island (China)
geographic_area
Hainan Island (China)
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Korea
geographic_area
Korea
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Philippines
geographic_area
Philippines
Geographic Area
false
Provenance:
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Provenance
false
Provenance:
source
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb406662311
Provenance
false
Provenance Call No.:
GE DD-2987 (7152)
original_call_no
GE DD-2987 (7152)
Provenance Call No.
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MUST holding:
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