. English: The north-western corner of a map of China (in Italian): 'The Kingdom of China, presently called Catay and Mangin, divided into its principal provinces on a most precise map'. The chain of cities - from Hiarcan (Yarkand) to Cialis (Karasahr) to Sucieu (Suzhou, Gansu) is probably based on Matteo Ricci's account of Bento de Gois' expedition ca. 1605. Italiano: 'Il regno della China detto presentemente Catay e Mangin diuiso sopra le carte piu esatte nelle sue principali prouincie' . Originally published 1682; the copy at HKUST is a 1689 Giacomo Cantelli (1643-1695), Gio
. English: The north-western corner of a map of China (in Italian): 'The Kingdom of China, presently called Catay and Mangin, divided into its principal provinces on a most precise map'. The chain of cities - from Hiarcan (Yarkand) to Cialis (Karasahr) to Sucieu (Suzhou, Gansu) is probably based on Matteo Ricci's account of Bento de Gois' expedition ca. 1605. Italiano: 'Il regno della China detto presentemente Catay e Mangin diuiso sopra le carte piu esatte nelle sue principali prouincie' . Originally published 1682; the copy at HKUST is a 1689 Giacomo Cantelli (1643-1695), Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (17th century) 103 CEM-36-NW-corner
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