A world map of Jesuit Missinary & astronomer Matteo Ricci (1552-1610): the oldest surviving map in Chinese to show the Americas. 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) ; mathematician and engraver->Li Zhizao (1565-1630, preface c. 1602) ; printer ->Zhang Wentao (c. 1603) in Hangzhou ;
geographical drawing and cartographic map-making ; hand-colouring
Ricci Institute online libr. catalogue http://riccilibrary.usfca.edu/listAuthor.aspx?authorID=6762
Yue ling guang yi [in Si ku quan shu cun mu cong shu. Shi bu, v. 164], 1996 ; Li Xuetao: Die Weltkarte des Matteo Ricci, in: Acta Historica Leopoldina 67 (2015): 43-54, esp. pp.49f. ;
For other collaborations around Ricci including Feng see http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/bibliography/view.aspx?bibliographyID=1812 & https://books.google.de/books?id=dHLbB2OVYQYC&pg=PA224&lpg=PA224&dq=Yingjing+Feng+Ricci&source=bl&ots=wwBTWb07BQ&sig=_2SE4NtrmrJYSR-w56AT5Z75BA0&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=on.
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