▁China , ▁S out heast ▁Asia , ▁India ▁and ▁Africa . ▁The ▁Ma o ▁Kun ▁map ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 6 2 8 ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁strip ▁map ▁dated ▁to ▁the ▁voy ages ▁of ▁Zh eng ▁He . ▁▁ ▁Q ing ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁and ▁ 1 7 th ▁centuries , ▁several ▁examples ▁surv ive ▁of ▁maps ▁focused ▁on ▁cultural ▁information . ▁Grid lines ▁are ▁not ▁used ▁on ▁either ▁Yu ▁Sh i ' s ▁Gu jin ▁x ing sh eng ▁z hi ▁tu ▁( 1 5 5 5 ) ▁or ▁Z hang ▁Hu ang ' s ▁T ush u ▁b ian ▁( 1 6 1 3 ); ▁instead , ▁illustr ations ▁and ▁annotations ▁show ▁myth ical ▁places , ▁ex otic ▁foreign ▁pe op les , ▁administrative ▁changes ▁and ▁the ▁de eds ▁of ▁historic ▁and ▁legend ary ▁hero es . ▁Also ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century , ▁an ▁edition ▁of ▁a ▁possible ▁Tang ▁D ynast y ▁map ▁shows ▁clear ▁top ographical ▁cont our ▁lines . ▁Although ▁top ographic ▁features ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁maps ▁in ▁China ▁for ▁centuries , ▁a ▁F uj ian ▁county ▁official ▁Ye ▁Ch un ji ▁( 1 5 3 2 – 1 5 9 5 ) ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁base ▁county ▁maps ▁using ▁on - site ▁top ographical ▁surve ying ▁and ▁observations . ▁ ▁The ▁Korean - made ▁K ang n ido ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁two ▁Chinese ▁maps ▁and ▁describes ▁the ▁Old ▁World . ▁ ▁Modern ▁( P RC )