Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Geography

Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.

The 'Sancai Tuhui' is a massive Ming Dynasty encyclopedia consisting of 106 chapters. While the Geography (Dili) section is a seminal source for historical cartography and has been extensively studied and excerpted in scholarly works—such as those by Alexander Akin and Qiong Zhang found in search results—no record of a complete, standalone English translation of the full 12-volume Geography section exists in any major catalog. Existing publications focus on specific maps (like the Shanhai yudi quantu) or thematic excerpts rather than a comprehensive translation of the text.

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