Map of the World

This world map is combined from 8 hanging scrolls drawn and described with wood-block printing and hand coloring. There is few complete combination of these prints in the World other this 8 hanging scrolls in the Kobe City Museum. They are presumed to be drawn and printed in Beijing in the 17th century. They were compiled by Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-88), who was a missionary of the Society of Jesus enhanced the propagation of Christianity in China. He entered China in 1659, and also spread various knowledge of the Western astronomy and geography.