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Atlas Chinensis : Being a second part of a relation of remarkable passages in two embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Vice-Roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi, and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East-Tartary : with a relation of the Netherlanders assisting the Tartar against Coxinga, and the Chinese fleet, who till then were masters of the sea, and a more exact geographical description than formerly, both of the whole empire of China in general, and in particular of every of the fifteen provinces

Alternative Title:

Embassies to the emperor of China, Nieuhof - Montanus - Ogilby, 1671 and Ogilby, John, 1600-1676. Embassy to China

Description:

collected out of their several writings and journals, by Arnoldus Montanus ; English'd, and adorn'd with above a hundred several sculptures, by John Ogilby, esq., master of his majesty's revels in the Kingdom of Ireland.

Relief shown pictorially.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines.

Index: Directions for placing the whole-sheet prints in this second China.

Leather binding.

Marbled fore-edges.

First 4 and last 5 pages blank (included in page description).

Engraved frontispiece with Chinese figures: The second & third embassie to ye Empire of Taysing or China, with previledge, a° 1671.

Title page printed in both black and red.

Dedication: To the supream, most high and mighty Prince Charles II ...

Extensive text, including descriptions of illustrations and maps.

Engraved head and tail-pieces throughout.

Decorative cartouches (including figures, cherubs, fauna), bar scales, rhumb lines, indexes.

Maps show topography, vegetation, waterways, shoals, routes.

Illustrations of topography, architecture, bridges, figures, flora and fauna, ships.

Illustrations of notable places (e.g. "The Idoll Sekia," after page 42), figures (e.g. pages 21-23), animals (e.g. 59), plants (e.g. 680), weapons, clothing (after page 418), and hats (420).

Scenes: The departure of the Empirour Hocksieuw to the Emperiass Court at Peking (after page 258); The welcoming dor by the Lipu half an hower without the Towne Pecking (318); The station et cerimonies used at the funeralls of great persons (388); The station used by the great Mandarÿns (414).

Map 1 shows Great Wall of China.

Maps 3-15 are views.

Latin and Dutch titles on some maps.

Map 1. Imperium Sinicum quindicupartitum -- Map 2. On these islands which are now bēcom a kingdom used the famous pyrates; Yquon et Kocksinga to Resort -- Map 3. The citie and castle Zesandia in the island of Taywan = Stadt en casteel zelandia op 't eilandt Taywan -- Map 4. Castrum a Meinjaceen -- Map 5. De stadt Quemuy = The citie -- Map 6. De stadt Aimuy = The citie -- Map 7. Hocsieu with its suburbs = Hocsieu met de voor stadt -- Map 8. Jemping -- Map 9. De stadt Kinningfoe = The citie -- Map 10. Pouching -- Map 11. Hitsiu: In the province of Tzietkiang = Inde provintie Tzietkiang -- Map 12. Hanchieu: The chief citie m ye province of Chekiang = De hoost stadt in de province Chekiang -- Map 13. Lankin -- Map 14. Paolinx Pagode -- Map 15. Tungchang

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ph450dz0150

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ph450dz0150

Language:

eng

Creator:

Ogilby, John

Publisher:

printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house in White-Friers,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Date Issued:

1671

Spatial Coverage:

Asia, China, Taiwan, and Japan

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false