Huguang, 7th Province of the Chinese Empire, Joan Blaeu

The map of the chinese provinces hunan and hubei was part of an atlas of china composed by the italian missionary martino martini (1614-1661). On his way back to rome, martini stopped in amsterdam where he sold his atlas to joan blaeu (1598-1673). From 1655 blaeu published martinis atlas as the atlas sinensis", the atlas of china, in several languages. The atlas sinensis also became an integral part of the atlas maior in 1662. 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 042-HVQVANC. IMPERII SINARVM PROVINCIA SEPTIMA