Legatio batavica ad magnum Tartariæ chamum Sungteium, modernum Sinæ imperatorem. Historiarum narratione, quæ legatis in provinciis Quantung, Kiangsi, Nanking, Xantung, Peking, & aula imperatoriâ ab anno 1665 ad annum 1657 obtigerunt, ut & ardua Sinensium in bello tartarico fortunâ, provinciarum accurata geographia, urbium delineatione, nec non artis & naturæ miraculis ex animalium, vegetabilium, mineralium genere per centum & quinquaginta æneas figuras passim illustrata & conscripta vernacule
Legatio batavica is a 1668 Latin account published in Amsterdam by Johannes Nieuhof, Dutch East India Company envoy's record of the Dutch embassy to the Chinese emperor, with copperplate views of Chinese provinces and cities. The prints are engraved landscapes and city views showing walls, pagodas, junks and riverside settlements, with small figures and dense foliage that suggest how designers might handle topography and early European depictions of China.
