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English: The "General Map of the Lands" (Yudi Zongtu) from the Atlas of the Ming Empire (Daming Yuditu) compiled in the 1540s and 1550s during the Jianjing Era (嘉靖) of the Ming dynasty. Covers Beizhili (now Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei), Henan, Nanzhili (now Shanghai, Anhui, and Jiangsu), Shandong (then including modern Liaoning), Shanxi, Shaanxi (then including modern Ningxia and Gansu), Sichuan (then including modern Chongqing), Guangdong (then including modern Hong Kong, Macao, and Hainan), Guangxi, Fujian (then notionally including Taiwan but left unpictured), Zhejiang, Huguang (now Hubei and Hunan), Jiangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou. Yellow River presented Golden, Yangtze River presented blue. Great Wall omitted but the Gobi Desert is presented as a natural northern barrier. Beijing prime meridian. Each square represents 500 li (里, around ⅓ km), misunderstood by the LOC as "miles" (around 1⅔ km). LOC copy provided by Langdon Warner 1929 (#10), misrepresented as the work's creator. Copious damage. Previous call number: G2305 .D3 1566 Vault Shelf. Note on back of LOC copy includes the date "1668".
中文：輿地總圖, 舆地总图, Yudi Zongtu, Yü-ti Tsung-t'u. 在后面，有"康熙按七年五月初上納，南陽县监".
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English: General Map
中文：輿地總圖, Yudi Zongtu.
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G2305 .D3 1559
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https://www.loc.gov/resource/g7820m.gct00125/
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China
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Maps, Manuscript · Early Works To 1800 · China

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