Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (French, ca. 1533-1588). Walnut. 16thcworld but the peninsula form shown

but the peninsula form shown here is a rare construction of the feature

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It reflects the geographic knowledge of China as understood by European cartographers during the mid-17th century

a woodcut map utilizing an oval projection

Each globe made up of a set of twelve lithographic globe gores

Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (French, ca. 1533-1588). Walnut. 16thcworld but the peninsula form shownJACQUES LE MOYNE DE MORGUES (FRENCH, CA. 1533 1588) f. 67: Walnut Watercolor and gouache on paper prepared as vellum ca. 1565 Paper size: 7 1 2 x 5 5 8 in Frame size: 16 1 4 x 14 1 4 in Provenance: DuMarry (from the inscription on the frontispiece) The extraordinary career and oeuvre of the Huguenot artist Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues have only relatively recently been defined and described (see Paul Hulton, The Work of Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, A