The map of the Chinese province Fujian was part of an atlas of China composed by the Italian missionary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martino_Martini" class="extiw" title="en:Martino Martini">Martino Martini</a> (1614-1661). On his way back to Rome, Martini stopped in Amsterdam where he sold his atlas to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Blaeu" class="extiw" title="en:Joan Blaeu">Joan Blaeu</a> (1598-1673). From 1655 Blaeu published Martinis atlas as the Atlas Sinensis", the atlas of China, in several languages. The Atlas Sinensis also became an integral part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Maior" class="extiw" title="en:Atlas Maior">Atlas Maior</a> in 1662.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Martino_Martini" class="extiw" title="w:en:Martino Martini"><span title="Italian Jesuit missionary, cartographer and historian (1614-1661)">Martino Martini</span></a>
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1690, from a 1655 original
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