Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Rare 1602 Chinese Map

This could be fun.

"the first 400-year-old world map in Chinese. This rare 1602 map displays China at the center of the world. It was drawn by Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), a missionary in China, and measures 5.5 feet tall by 12.5 feet wide. It was designed to be mounted on a folding screen."

一幅1602年由意大利傳教士利瑪竇繪制中文世界地圖。 現在在美國國會圖書館展出。這幅珍貴的地圖是利瑪竇受當時的明朝萬歷皇帝委托繪制而成,地圖上中國位于世界的中心,這是第一幅結合了東西方制圖技術的地圖,也是首次繪制出五大洲的中文世界地圖。

gotta see it.

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