Inspite of some damage to the lower right corner of the map, this is an exceptional rare survival of the 19th Century Chinese cartography especially unusual for its West European provenance. Manuscript with rich and fresh washes. The map includes one of Ortelius' many outlines for Japan. Colored A most influential and important foundation map, first published in 1570 in Ortelius's World Atlas. It is the first map to draw the relationship between Asia and America and to foster the idea of a Northwest passage via Arctic Europe to Japan via the Straits of Anian.
Japan is shown in an increasingly recognizable form.
The map is also important in being the first to identify California and to give the name California to the Baja Peninsula. Derived from the Mercator 1569 World map, it extends from Portuguese India to the North West coasts of America and is particularly notable for the roundel-sha ped Japan. Decorative features include a galleon battling against shipwreck by two spouting seamonsters and vain mermaids admiring themselves in mirrors. This map is also notable for the detail given to new Guinea. Includes Japan in an almost recognizably modern 3-island form, but not include Korea.