Creatures

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Title

Creatures

Subject

Creatures on the map

Description

The map contains various illustrations of creatures drew referring to Konr Gessner’s Historia Animalium published in 16th Century. Most of them were created with combination of myth and reality. Here are some examples.

Creator

Ferdinand Verbiest (南懷仁) , 1623-1688 (cartographer)

Source

Uppsala University Library

Publisher

Uppsala University Library

Date

1674

Contributor

Rights

NonePublic Domain Mark (No Known Copyright)

Relation

Format

Paper raised on wove

Language

Ancient Chinese

Type

Still image

Identifier

urn:nbn:see:alvin:portal:record-84899 (nbn)

Coverage

Uppsala University Library