Atlas contractus sive mapparum geographicarum / Sansoniarum auctarum et correctarum nova co... (1700) - Page 2

A detailed hand-colored copperplate map of the continent of Asia, produced by the Homann heirs in Nuremberg. The map shows the landmass from Europe and Africa in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Indian Ocean and the northern tip of Australia in the south. Geographical regions such as Siberia, Great Tartary, China, India, Persia, and Arabia are clearly delineated with colored borders. In the upper right corner, there are two large informational boxes. The first contains a message to the reader and a table of coordinates (longitude and latitude) for major Asian cities. The second provides a table of distances (milliaria) relative to degrees of latitude. In the lower-left area, between the labels for Arabia and India, a decorative title cartouche is featured. Next to it, in the bottom left corner, is a vignette depicting two figures in traditional Eastern costume (likely Turkish or Persian) standing amidst supplies near the coast, with a recumbent lion resting nearby.

To the Benevolent Reader!

We have represented these astronomical observations, from which the location of the principal places has been defined by longitude and latitude, in this map using a more accurate method. We wished to communicate these publicly, collected here from various itineraries of both the French and certain other learned men. In those places, however, where astronomical observations were lacking, we have corrected these maps based on the itineraries of many men and the descriptions of regions. Farewell!

Notable Cities	Longitude	Latitude	Notable Cities	Longitude	Latitude
Jerusalem	62.30	31.40	Nanjing	136.25	32. 4
Babylon	79.15	33.20	Macau	131.20	22.12
Qazvin	85. 0	36. 7	Canton Guangzhou	131. 0	23. 8
Isfahan	86.40	32.25	Xi'an	126.30	34.15
Shiraz	87.20	29.35	Nanjing variant spelling	136.30	32. 5
Kandahar	102.50	33. 0	Hangzhou	138. 5	30.20
Kabul	104.35	34.40	Fuzhou	137.30	26. 2
Lahore	108.30	32. 0	Xiamen	136.20	24.30
Agra	111.45	26.40	Jingdezhen	134.15	29.15
Surat	109.10	21.10	Dehua	131.50	22.50
Goa	110.15	15.30	Shangchuan	131. 5	21.30
Machilipatnam	120.30	16.15	Yanping	136.35	26.30
Pondicherry	118.20	11.55	Guangzhou variant	131. 0	23. 8
Malacca	117. 0	2.12	Taiyuan	130.30	37.55
Ayutthaya (Siam)	118.50	14.15	Kaifeng	132.30	34.55
Batavia Jakarta	124.20	6.10 S.	Wuchang	132.30	30.35
Banten	123.30	6. 0 S.	Nanchang	134. 5	28.35
Tobolsk	105. 0	58. 0	Nanxiong	132. 5	25.10
Beijing	134.25	39.54	Jiujiang	136.30	32. 5

Also added are the latitudes of degrees for each...

Degree	Miles	Degree	Miles
1	15.	31	12.51
2	14.59	32	12.43
...	...	...	...
60	7.30

ASIÆ

Geographical Map

from the most recent aids

delineated

And examined and adjusted to many astronomical observations which were performed by the Missionaries of the Society of Jesus in China, as well as by other learned men in various places.

By
I.B. HOMANN, Geographer to His Imperial Majesty, Son and Heir.
Nuremberg
With the Privilege of His Imperial Majesty

[Selected Geographical Labels]

NORTHERN OCEAN
TARTARIAN GLACIAL SEA
SIBERIA
PART OF MUSCOVY
PART OF EUROPE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
EGYPT
PART OF AFRICA
RED SEA
ARABIA FELIX
PERSIA
GREAT TARTARY
CHINESE TARTARY
INDEPENDENT TARTARY
CHINA
INDIA within the GANGES
INDIA beyond the GANGES
MALDIVES ARCHIPELAGO
INDIAN OCEAN
PHILIPPINES original: Archipelagus S. Lazari
JAPAN
YEZO
COMPAGNIE LAND
PART OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN
EASTERN OCEAN
NEW HOLLAND Australia