Image: CEM-36-Regno-di-Nivche-2429

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Description: Northeastern fragment of a map of China (in Italian), showing the "Tartari del Kin o dell'Oro" (i.e., the Jin Tartars, or the Golden Tartars) populating the "Regno del Niulhan" (?) a.k.a. "Regno del Niuche" (i.e. the Kingdom of the Nüzhen, a.k.a Jurchen") who are further described as "The Tartars who have occupied, and at present are ruling, China". Further northeast, the "Tartari de Yupy" (i.e., "Fishskin Tartars" - the generic name of the Tungusic people of the Amur) are shown.
Title: CEM-36-Regno-di-Nivche-2429
Credit: An antique map from the Special Collection "China in Maps" of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library, reproduced by the HKUST Library in the book "China in European Maps", Hong Kong, 2003. ISBN 962-86403-9-9.
Author: Giacomo Cantelli (1643-1695), Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (1627-1691)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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