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This layer shows the lines on the map corresponding to boundaries between land and water. This includes continental borders, seas, lakes, islands, and rivers. As this is a world map, including a layer for the continents and oceans was essential, yet…

This layer shows the latitude and longitude lines in all four panels of the map (the two hemispheres and the two poles). Included are the latitude and longitude degrees, with the equator clearly demarcated. As a world map, relative sizes and…

This layer is a zoomed out "frame of reference" composed of the illustrations around the circles containing the geographic information of the other three layers. Following Harley, I argue that this is more than just a pretty picture but actually says…

This layer is composed of toponyms and added color. Though the map includes names of regions and even a few cities, I was unable to reliably trace anything smaller than the names of continents and oceans. I call these "sociopolitical" because they…

This layer contains the physical shapes of continents and islands as understood at the time of the map's creation. It is in many ways the real substance of the map, whose intention seems to be showing "the whole world." The majority of detail is in…

This layer is the combined latitude and longitude lines of the map, complete with degrees and other lines of reference. It demarcates the physical system of space measurement that lends credence to the map's representation of area. It also serves as…

Description: The colors of continents can be broken down into roughly six types; Blue, Red, Yellow, Green and Pink, and Black. (I have not colored the pink parts because I did not own any coloring utensils of the same color)

Significance: Looking…

Description: The「女人国」at the top represents an imaginative land in China where only women live and boys who are born immediately die. 「小人国」and 「一眼国」located closely to 「女人国」 means, “Country of Dwarves” and “Country of One-eyed People”,…

Description: Red bodies of water, 「西紅海」「東紅海」can be seen to the right of Libya and running down North America out into the Pacific Sea (which is not shown on the map), respectively.　「西南海」(Southwest Sea)「大南海」(Big South Sea)「東南海」(Southeast Sea) are all…