China. Mercator (Gerard), China, [1606 or later]

China. Mercator (Gerard), China, [1606 or later], hand-coloured engraved map, 345 x 465 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (Quantity: 1) A decorative and early map of China. The Great Wall is shown in the northwest of China and to the left is a vignette illustration of a Chinese land yacht. The Bering Strait is annotated as the Strait of Anian, with a small section of the northwest American coast in the upper right corner. Two ships, one a Chinese junk and the other European, patrol the Pacific Ocean. In an additional cartouche, there is a description and illustration of a Japanese crucifixion.