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Qing Dynasty Map of the World



What places in the world can you identify?

  • China is in the center

  • Japan is on the right

  • Russian far east is at the upper right

  • India is undersized

  • Australia is at the lower right

  • African continent is at the lower left

  • Europe is at the upper left

  • North and South America are not shown

Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), dated 1798
Map copyright: National Library of China
Source: AskAsia.org