淸代国人绘刻的世界地图《万国大地全图》

"The Comprehensive universal atlas ... consists of eight hanging scrolls, [each] 130 cm long and 28 cm wide. The maps are drawn in conical projection, with the poles at the centre, and the equator at the edge of the two hemispheres. Scrolls 1 to 4 show the Northern Hemisphere, and scrolls 5 to 8 the Southern Hemisphere ... The borders of each map [i.e. scroll] bear ... annotations and textual studies on place names, altogether comprising approximately 30,000 words [i.e. characters]." Recognizable place names of Canada on the map include Vancouver Island, called 灣戈洼島; and Newfoundland is translated as 新地, meaning new land.