Sihai Huayi Zongtu

Sihai Huayi Zongtu

The Sihai Huayi Zongtu (Chinese: 四海華夷總圖, 四海華夷総図) is a Chinese map of the world, now located in the Harvard Library. It is dated to 1532 during the Ming Dynasty.

The maps displays the various locations of China, Korea (朝鮮) and Japan (日本國) in the East, Siberia in the North (羅荒野), Nepal (天竺) and a vast India (印度) in the South, Persia in the West (波刺斯, modern 波斯), and Rome (Daqin, 大秦) beyond the Western Sea (西海).

ee also

*Tienxia Tu (天下圖)


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