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Der Jesuiten-Atlas der Kanghsi-Zeit: China und die Aussenlaender (Peking 1941-43): facsimile of the 35 sheets of the Kangxi atlas incl. Mukden, Mongolia, Hami and Tibet
皇輿全覽圖
Walter Fuchs, editor; J.-B. Régis, P. Jartoux and the Jesuit surveyors; Kangxi emperor
How we know
mixed Part firsthand observation, part drawn from other sources.
official survey 1708-1718; facsimile edition of the 1721 copperplate state with Fuchs's commentary
Research notes
- Facsimile of the copperplate state; sheet titles per Fuchs; the atlas itself is in Beijing, London (BL) and Kyoto. Post-1850 publication but reproduces 1721 material (eligible under the brief).
Why it matters
The most accessible complete reproduction of the Kangxi atlas, the first instrument-surveyed map of Mongolia and Manchuria (1717-21), i.e. the Qing official picture of the lands that European maps labelled Chinese Tartary; the 1721 state is what d'Anville redrew.
Places named
China proper, Manchuria (Mukden), Mongolia, Hami and the western frontier, Tibet, Korea
Who copied whom
Earlier in the chain
- Huangyu quanlan fensheng tu M107, 1717–1721same work (stated)M108 is the 1941 facsimile of the Kangxi atlas
Keep exploring
The maps drawn just before and just after this one.
