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China in the Centre of the World (400 Years Old Map)

China in the Centre of the World (400 Years Old Map)

By Saif on November 6, 2010

This post features  one of the world’s oldest and rarest maps went on display at the Library of Congress in Washington. It was created by Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci in 1602, was the first in Chinese to show the Americas, and identifies Florida as ‘the Land of Flowers’. And also the one who visited [...]

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