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Tartariae sive magni Chami regni typus. Anvers, ca. 1570. Beau col. d'époque. 350 x 471 mm. Encadré. - Framed. In full original colours. The map measuring 350 x 471mm. La plupart des informations portées sur cette carte font référence aux voyages de Marco polo entre 1275 et 1291, d'autres à de plus récentes découvertes rapportées par les Jésuites missionnaires Portugais présents au Japon dans les années 1540. Kagoshima où St. François Xavier débarqua en 1549, est indiquée sur l'une des îles du Japon. - Much of the information shown on this map relates to the travels of Marco Polo between 1275 and 1291 with later information gained from the Portuguese Jesuit missionaries of the 1540s in Japan. Kagoshima, where St.Francis Xavier landed in 1549, is indicated on one of the Japanese islands. Japan itself is placed well to the south of its true location so that it appears to stand sentinel across the entrance to the wide Stretto Di Anian which separates China and Tartary from North America. The coasts of North America are drawn somewhat differently from those shown on Ortelius' general world map of 1570, recalling the outline depicted on his cordiform map of 1564. - Van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas maps, 163