The Kunyu Quantu (simplified Chinese: 坤舆全图; traditional Chinese: 坤輿全圖; pinyin: Kūnyú Quántú), or Full Map of the World, was a map of the world developed by Jesuit father Ferdinand Verbiest during his mission in China in 1674.[1] A copy is in the Hunterian Museum.
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The map follows the earlier works of Matteo Ricci, such as the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu.
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- ^ "U21 Museums Gateway". Archived from the original on 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
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- The Super Map Archived 2018-05-28 at the Wayback Machine. NPM's Anime Carnival (exhibit). Taipei: National Palace Museum.