Z. W. ; Wentao Zhang / not identical with Wentao Zhang (1764-1814) ;
1585 fl.
1600 fl.
China
a world map of Jesuit Missionary & astronomer Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) ; Ming printer ; the "Kunyu wanguo quantu", or Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the Earth [a xylograph (wood block print) on six panels of fine native paper (made w. bamboo fiber), each panel measuring c. 1820 x 3650mm] ;
Ming Dynasty
Matteo Ricci / Chinese name: Li -matou (preface by Y. F. 1601) & mathematician and engraver Li Zhizao (1565-1630), preface c. 1602 ;
geographical printing ; cartographic map-making
www.lib.umn.edu/bell/8081
www.lib.umn.edu/bell/riccimap
Li Xuetao: Die Weltkarte des Matteo Ricci, Acta Historica Leopoldina 67 (2015): 43-54, esp. pp.49f. ;
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