A lovely copper engraved map that covers all of China from the Caspian Sea to an early depiction of Sakhalin Island. Remarkable detail throughout the region, based largely on a woodblock Chinese atlas commissioned by the Kangxi Emperor from Jesuit missionaries in China, which was completed in 1718 or 1719. This is one of the first western maps to include a relatively accurate depiction of Korea, which was forbidden territory for Europeans. The large, boldly engraved title cartouche features the Kangxi Emperor at top with a scene of two Jesuits entering a farm village filled with livestock. The distance scale cartouche includes two wolf hunters spying their prey. Engraved by G. Kondet.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.HALD-1a #1.

Condition: A

Superb impression with minor toning along the edges of the sheet.