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English: Xanadu (here spelled Ciandu, as Coleridge spelled it) on a map of Asia made by Sanson d'Abbeville, geographer of King Louis XIV, dated 1650. This map shows Cambalu and Pequin as different cities, though they were the same place, an error which was common on maps in the 17th century. When this map was made, Xanadu had already been in ruins for three centuries.
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Nicolas Sanson  (1600–1667)  wikidata:Q502162
 
Nicolas Sanson
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Nicolas Sanson, der Ältere; Nicolas Sanson d’Abbeville
Description French cartographer, scientific illustrator and historian
Date of birth/death 20 December 1600 Edit this at Wikidata 7 July 1667 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Abbeville, France Paris
Work period 1699 Edit this at Wikidata
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Paris; Indonesia Edit this at Wikidata
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