Description: Ortelius map of China c.1584, copper-engraved map, hand-colored, drawn by Ludovicus Georgius, also called Luis Jorge de Barbuda. The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. The first state without "las Philiooinas" somewhere in 1587
added to the plate. When this map appeared, it was by far the most accurate one of China.
Japan is shown on a curious curved projection reminiscent of Portuguese charts of the period with Honshu dissected along the line of
Lake Biwa. The Great Wall is shown, as are the Tartar "yurts" dotted across the plains and steppes of Central and East Asia.
4 wind wagons on the right and top of the map, perhaps the earliest examples of a depiction of this device, which in Europe is certain
to have originated in the Low Countries, but which had been invented much earlier in China.
Drawn by Ludovicus Georgius, also called Luis Jorge de Barbuda. 15 1/4"H x 19 1/2"W (sight), 22 1/2"H x 26 1/2"W (frame)