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La Partie Orientales De L\'asie

  • Nationality France
  • Quantity 1
  • Era 1705
  • Exhibition Place -
  • Material Paper
  • Size(cm) 39.5×27.0

This is the wooden printing plate made by N. De Fer in 1705. It displays the explanation that
'Mer peu ou point connue, des Europeans les Tartares l'appelle Orientale' as the area was not known
to Europeans well but Manchurians called this area as the East Sea. It has the first showing of name, Pausan' in ancient map of the West.