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Map of the route from Canton to Peking
Vingboons, Johannes
Map of the route from Canton to Peking.
Caerte van de Rivier, van Canton. / Nemende Zijn Beginsel, uijt het Tartarishe gebercht, En Passeerende door verschede Sineese Provintien, tot dat hij Endeling Zijn Water, bij Macouw in de grootte Zee uijt Lost.
Although the map shows a river running from Peking to Canton, such a river does not exist. However, the route indicated on this chart was the one followed by the embassy of Pieter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyser to the Chinese emperor. This journey is described in Joan Nieuhof, "Het Gezantschap der Ne??rlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie aen den Grooten Tartarischen [...]", Amsterdam 1665.
The chart is taken from the Blaeu-Van der Hem Atlas.
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