L. Z. ; Zhizao Li / Chih-tsao / Chen-chih / Wo-tsʻun / Wocun / Lianganjushi / Lianganyimin / 凉庵居士 / 凉庵逸民 ;
1565
1630
China
A world map of Jesuit Missionary and astronomer Matteo Ricci (1552-1610): the "Kunyu wanguo quantu", or Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the Earth ; it is a xylograph (wood block print) on six panels of fine native paper (made with bamboo fiber), each panel measuring c. 1820 x 3650 mm ;
court of the Ming Dynasty ;
Matteo Ricci / Chinese name: Li-matou (preface by Y. F. 1601) ; Qu Rukui (preface 1599) ; Zhang Wentao (c. 1603) ;
Li Xuetao: Die Weltkarte des Matteo Ricci, in: Acta Historica Leopoldina 67 (2015): 43-54, esp. 49f. ; Hun gai tong xian tu shuo [3 juan] / [Ming] Li Zhizao zhuan. Jian ping yi shuo [1 juan] / [Ming xi yang] Xiong Sanba zhuan, 1936 ;
Chinese mathematician, astronomer and geographer, who engraved the world map by Matteo Ricci.
431909
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