A rare and extraordinary 1663 (Kangxi 2) xylographic map of Ming China, and indeed the entire world, by Wáng Jūnfǔ (王君甫) issued during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1661 – 1722). This massively proportioned map focuses on China, which, bounded on the north by the Great Wall of China, on the west by the Yellow River, and on the east and south by oceans, occupies some three fourths of the map. As is characteristic of most Chinese world maps, the less detailed surrounding regions illustrate the rest of the world, but on a much reduced and often hard to interpret scale. https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/chinaworld2-wangjunfu-1663 #chinesemap #geographicus #raremaps #raremap #antiquemap #antiquemaps #antiquemapsforsale (at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps)
