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
Abstract/Contents
- Table of contents
- 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
Description
| Alternative title | Embassies to the emperor of China, Nieuhof - Montanus - Ogilby, 1671 |
|---|---|
| Uniform title | Ogilby, John, 1600-1676. Embassy to China |
| Type of resource | cartographic |
| Form | electronic; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 atlas ([4] pages, [2] leaves, 723, [5] pages, [7] leaves of plates, [30] double leaves of plates, [4] folded leaves of plates) : 75 illustrations (some woodcuts), 15 maps, including 12 double and 1 foldout (engravings) ; 43 cm (fol.) |
| Place | England |
| Place | London |
| Publisher | printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house in White-Friers |
| Publication date | 1671; MDCLXXI [1671] |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
| Map data | Scales differ ; cE 73°29'00"--E 134°46'00"/N 53°33'00"--N 14°54'00"). |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Ogilby, John, 1600-1676 | |
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| Associated with | Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672 | |
| Associated with | Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683 |
Subjects
| Subject | Asia > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
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| Subject | China > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Taiwan > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Japan > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Genre | Atlas |
| Genre | Cartographic image-cri |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | 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. |
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| Note | Relief shown pictorially. |
| Note | Latitudinal and longitudinal lines. |
| Note | Index: Directions for placing the whole-sheet prints in this second China. |
| Note | Leather binding. |
| Note | Marbled fore-edges. |
| Note | First 4 and last 5 pages blank (included in page description). |
| Note | Engraved frontispiece with Chinese figures: The second & third embassie to ye Empire of Taysing or China, with previledge, a° 1671. |
| Note | Title page printed in both black and red. |
| Note | Dedication: To the supream, most high and mighty Prince Charles II ... |
| Note | Extensive text, including descriptions of illustrations and maps. |
| Note | Engraved head and tail-pieces throughout. |
| Note | Decorative cartouches (including figures, cherubs, fauna), bar scales, rhumb lines, indexes. |
| Note | Maps show topography, vegetation, waterways, shoals, routes. |
| Note | Illustrations of topography, architecture, bridges, figures, flora and fauna, ships. |
| Note | 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). |
| Note | 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). |
| Note | Map 1 shows Great Wall of China. |
| Note | Maps 3-15 are views. |
| Language | Latin and Dutch titles on some maps. |
| Local note | This copy has pencil inscription inside front cover: 39B; 2 inscriptions on title page, both dated 1898; inscription on dedication, dated 1898; inscription on page 1; notations inside back cover. |
| Local note | Page 68 misprinted as 70; 69 as 71; 340 as 348; 341 as 349; 548 as 550; 564 as 565; 565 as 564; 595 as 599; 598 as 594; 691 as 661. |
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| Location | electronic resource |
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