1665 Nieuhof Antique Print Imperial Palace Peking or the Forbidden City, Beijing Celestial 5 of 16 - by

5 of 16 - by Johann August Corvinus 1683 - 1738

He was later involved in the 1872 surveying of the Overland Telegraph from Port Augusta to Darwin

the apocryphal Lake of Chiamay roughly in what is today Assam

natives paddled to the ship to trade furs for abalone shells from California

Spain regained both East and West Florida after Britains defeat in the American Revolution and the subsequent Treaty of Versailles in 1783

1665 Nieuhof Antique Print Imperial Palace Peking or the Forbidden City, Beijing Celestial 5 of 16 - byTitle : Platte Grondt van Skeyers Hof in Pekin; Forme de la Cour Imperiale de Peking Ref #: 17055 Size: 15in x 12 1 2in (380mm x 310mm) Date : 1665 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This original copper plate engraved antique print a birds eye view of the Imperial Palace & extensive gardens in Peking, now Beijing, or the Forbidden City by Johan Nieuhof was published by Jacob van Meurs in the 1665 edition of LAmbassade de la Compagnie