Timed to coincide with Asian Art in London, 3rd to 12th November 2011, map dealer Daniel Crouch Rare Books will be exhibiting work by Ferdinand Verbiest completed at the Chinese Court during the start of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), as well as antique Chinese porcelain, presented by Woolley & Wallis Auctioneers.
K’oen-yu ts’iuen t’ou [Map of the World], by Ferdinand Verbiest, 1674
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Steel’s rare chart of the Indian Ocean
“Then the map was drawn for you, and I am much mistaken if it does not tell you plainly where to go” — ‘The Hobbit’ 

