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Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, 1602 Chinese World Map (upload.wikimedia.org)
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunyu_Wanguo_Quantu

There are Japanese kanjis because this version is a copy of the original map (look at the article for more details)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's extremely impressive! Did they collect maps from all around the world?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

It was the work created thanks to the collaboration with a Jesuit cartographer, the details are explained in the wiki page