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China: Map of China, Korea, Japan and Formosa by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795), 1770

China: Map of China, Korea, Japan and Formosa by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795), 1770

Rigobert Bonne's decorative map of China, Korea (Corea), Japan and Formosa (Taiwan). The arera covered extends from Tibet and Chinese Tartary east to Japan and south to Hainan.

China is divided into various provinces with major cities, lakes, and riverways noted. Names Macao, Canton, Nanking (Nanjing), Jedo (Tokyo), Peking (Beijing) and many other cities.

The lower right quadrant is decorated with an elaborate title cartouche showing a Chinese scholar or monk relaxing with a bird in a forest under a parasol. Drawn by R. Bonne c. 1770 for issue as plate no. 35 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne .

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