Historic Map : Stoecklein Map of Taiwan or Formosa and Fujian, China, 1726, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 18in Maryland and West Virginia

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Historic Map : Stoecklein Map of Taiwan or Formosa and Fujian, China, 1726, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 18in Maryland and West VirginiaThis rare find is one of the earliest, if not the earliest, obtainable printed map of Taiwan or Formosa Island. It was issued around 1726 to illustrate Joseph Stcklein's [Stoecklein] compellation of Jesuit missionary letters Allerhand So Lehr als G