File:CEM-11-Chinae-nova-descriptio-2521.jpg

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Latina: Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.
English: "A new description of China, once called the region of Sina, by Ludovicus Georgius". Ludovicus Georgius is, apparently, the Latinized name of the Portuguese cartographer Luiz Jorge de Barbuda.
Date Originally published 1584; this is a 1589 reprint.
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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".
can also be found at http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/20316/Chinae_olim_Sinarum_regionis_nova_descriptio/Ortelius.html
Author Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), Luis Jorge de Barbuda (also known as Ludovicus Georgius, fl. 1575-99)
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(Reusing this file)		 Author died more than 70 years ago - public domain
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