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MS 416-10 crop

Detail from a map of Zhejiang province, China, formerly known as Chekiang province, dated 1655, showing what is possibly the first European illustration of silk or cotton making in China. (Ref MS416/10)

[J. Blaeu], “CHEKIANG. Imperii Sinarum Provincia Decima” from Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu descriptus [Amsterdam, 1655]

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