''Wanguo Quantu'' or the ''Complete Map of the Myriad Countries'' is a map developed in the 1620s by the
Jesuit
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Giulio Aleni
Giulio Aleni (; 1582– 10 June 1649), in Chinese , was an Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar. He was born in Leno near Brescia in Italy, at the time part of the Republic of Venice, and died at Yanping in China. He became a member of the ...
in
Ming China
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following the earlier work of
Matteo Ricci
Matteo Ricci (; ; 6 October 1552 – 11 May 1610) was an Italian Jesuit priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He created the , a 1602 map of the world written in Chinese characters. In 2022, the Apostolic See decl ...
, who was the first Jesuit to speak
Chinese
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and to publish maps of the world in Chinese from 1574 to 1603. Aleni modified Ricci's maps to accommodate Chinese demands for a
Sinocentric
Sinocentrism refers to a worldview that China is the cultural, political, or economic center of the world. Sinocentrism was a core concept in various Chinese dynasties. The Chinese considered themselves to be "all-under-Heaven", ruled by the ...
projection, placing the "Middle Kingdom" at the center of the visual field.
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See also
* ''
Kunyu Wanguo Quantu
Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, printed in Ming China at the request of the Wanli Emperor in 1602 by the Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci and Chinese collaborators, the mandarin Zhong Wentao, and the technical translator Li Zhizao, is the earliest kn ...
'', Matteo Ricci's 1602 world map.
* ''
Shanhai Yudi Quantu
The ''Shanhai Yudi Quantu'' (, "Complete Terrestrial Map") is a Ming dynasty Chinese map published in 1609 in the ''leishu'' encyclopedia ''Sancai Tuhui''.
Influences
The Shanhai Yudi Quantu is known to have been highly influenced by the Jesuit ...
'', a contemporary Chinese map inspired by Matteo Ricci's work.
* ''
Cheonhado'', a contemporary Korean circular world map.
References
Citations
Bibliography
* ''The Sino-European Map (“Shanhai yudi quantu”) in the Encyclopedia Sancai tuhui'' Roderich Pta
* Wigal, Donald (2000) ''Historic Maritime Maps'', Parkstone Press, New York,
External links
Vatican exhibit
{{Chinese maps
Historic maps of the world
1620s in China
17th-century maps and globes