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File:CEM-36-Regno-di-Nivche-2429.jpg

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English: 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.
Italiano: "Il regno della China detto presentemente Catay e Mangin diuiso sopra le carte piu esatte nelle sue principali prouincie"
Date Originally published 1682; the copy at HKUST is a 1689 reprint.
Source
English: 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.
中文: 一幅古代的地图从香港科技大学图书馆 ( 地圖中國 - 圖書館特藏展). 在书"China in European Maps", 香港, 2003. ISBN 962-86403-9-9.
Русский: Старинная карта из специальной коллекции Библиотеки Гонконгского научно-технического университета. Опубликована этой библиотекой в книге "China in European Maps" (Китай на европейских картах), Гонконг, 2003. ISBN 962-86403-9-9, тиражом 1000 экз. См. также каталог выставки, Special Collection "China in Maps".
. Fragment of Plate 36: "Il regno della China detto presentemente Catay e Mangin diuiso sopra le carte piu esatte nelle sue principali prouincie"
Author Giacomo Cantelli (1643-1695), Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (17th century)

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