Abstract
The little‐known manuscript map discussed in this paper, now in the Löwendahl Collection (Stockholm), can be analysed as two separate maps, one Chinese and one Western. The original Chinese map dates from, or just after, 1656 at the earliest. It was over‐written in Latin in 1661, or immediately thereafter, by Francesco Brancati, S J. Brancati's aim was to present a visual statement of his missionary achievements in Shanghai and the Sungchiang Prefecture since his arrival there in 1639, prompted either by the recent arrival of a new colleague (François de Rougemont) or by the thought of his successors. The map belongs to both Chinese and Jesuit mapping genres in sixteenth and seventeenth century China.
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