Chinese World Map
Planisphère chinois (Chinese World Map)
Chinese
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1 pages
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The work is a Chinese world map engraved in Paris in 1879 (Guangxu 5) by Yang Shidai. While partial translations of its toponyms and legends appear in scholarly cartographic surveys such as 'The History of Cartography' (1994) and Richard J. Smith's 'Chinese Maps' (1996), no record exists of a complete, standalone English translation of the map's entire textual content.
Related translations found:
Chinese World Map (in 'The History of Cartography'), trans. Cordell D. K. Yee (1994) [partial]
Chinese Maps: Images of 'All Under Heaven', trans. Richard J. Smith (1996) [partial]
Verified Mar 8, 2026 via local catalogs, google books, open library · methodology
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Witness the birth of a modern worldview through the eyes of a 19th-century Chinese student in Paris. This rare cartographic gem reveals how East met West as Mr. Yang transformed four months of French apprenticeship into a stunning 'General Flat Map of the Five Continents.'
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