MAP OF CHINA

Received from the estateof the London lawyerJohn Selden (d. 1654)in 1659.

Approx. 1.5 x 1m.

Drawn in the 1620s?

MS.Selden supra 105

The province of Huguang 湖广– divided into Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 in 1667 康熙六年

The Chinese compass

To the Rykyus and thence to Japan

All routes begin at Quanzhou 泉州 .

Part of the Philippines and Luzon 吕宋

A concentration of routes off what is now Singapore

Calicut 古里国 , the westernmostextremity of the map.

The text tells how to reach:• Aden 阿丹国• modern Oman [祖 ]法儿国• Straits of Hormuz 忽鲁谟斯