Appropriately, the sheet for hopeh that takes in peking is the most ornate of martinis fifteen provincial maps. Blaeus designer has provided a delightful title-piece, formed of two chinese elders seated in ornamental chairs, with their servants and a pair of flamboyant birds. Curiously, although peking had been named since the 15th century (after a spell as kublai khans camnalue), it is here spelled xuntien. Object Type: map. Date: 1690, from a 1655 original. Place of creation: Amsterdam. Dimensions: 40 x 48 cm. Medium: copper engraving print. Collection: Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Atlas Van der Hagen-KW1049B13 034-PECHELI SIVE PEKING IMPERII SINARVM PROVINCIA PRIMA
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