PERIOD, DATED 1720 Entitled Yochi zu or Yochi no zu (Picture of the World), depicting Europe, Asia and Africa on the left-hand side and the Americas to the right, with hand-coloured details later added in watercolour, together with a modern protective cover, 73.5cm x 147cm. (2) This map is based on an original design by Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), a famous Jesuit and polymath who was the first Westerner to translate the works of Confucius and to be admitted into the Forbidden City.