Scottish Fold
Italian Jesuit Martino Martini had visited China in the 1650s and published "Novus Atlas Sinensis" in 1655. In the section on Peking Province, Martini described a variety of cossetted white, long-haired and long-eared cats found in the region. The breed was once found in region around Peking and probably resembled a long-haired Scottish Fold. His description of white, droop-eared companion cats was copied in 1673 by John Ogilby and by later authors.