3D Digital Model of a Chinese Globe in the British Library Collection.

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This Chinese globe dates from the early 17th century. Made by Dias and Longobardi, under their Chinese names, its existence clearly illustrates the extent to which western ideas concerning geography had penetrated the East.

This is the earliest surviving terrestrial globe made in China. It is one of the most important relics of the penetration of western geographical ideas into China, which had its own rich cartographical traditions.