• Korean World Map (Kr. Ch'ŏnhado; Ch. 天下圖)

    The World Map is part of a set of 13 foldable colored manuscript maps, including maps of the world, China, Japan, Ryūkyū, Korea, and the eight Korean provinces. The maps are bound into a volume measuring 16.6 x 10 cm. The volume is part of the "Zaborowski Collection" (Shelfmark: 5 A 296004 and Digitized)

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  • Illustration from the Amba/Ajige meyen-i fafun selgiyen

    Military regulations for drill, signalling and commands. Manuscript in Manchu and Chinese. The colophon reads: Drawings of the left camp of the right wing of the infantry regiment, final copy by regimental soldier Fushou 福壽 and officer Yongxiang 永祥.
    Shelfmark: Libri sin. N. S. 1913

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  • Map draft of mountains and rivers between Urumqi and Ili

    The map is part of an A6 writing pad with together 15 leaves with drawings and note by Albert Grünwedels about the first German expedition to Turfan (1902-1903) with the shelfmark TA 6876-24. The original is at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst. On the collection and projekt see here.

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