1st Fu
In the province of Quam tum, 2 in the section that looks southwards and is bathed by the sea, the principle site is occupied by the city of Quam ceu, which is the capital of the entire province.
This city is 113 days' journey from the northern borders of the Chinese kingdom.
From po lo hhien of the city of Cui ceu, of the same province, it is 55 Italian miles away to the east, and Sciauchin Cau iau hhien 55 miles to the west; it is 85 miles from the sea coast to the south. Sciau ceu In te hhien [sic] 63 miles to the north.
1,959 miles from the royal city of Suon tien, i. e., Chin sci, also commonly called Chin zai, in the province of Pacchin.
1,097 miles from the other royal [city] called In tien, commonly called Nam chin, in the province of the self-same Nam chin.
The lands of this vast city produce 320,000 pounds per annum of rice, corn, legumes and other cereals.
Besides the above-mentioned city, the following are also subject to it:
Hhien —
Nam hai, which is united to its city.
Fan iu is likewise not far from the city; here there are silver 
.
Suon te is 20 miles from its fu.
Tum cuom 37 miles to the south-east. Silver mines .
Zum cua 371/2 miles to the north-east.
Iun muen 71/2 miles to the south-west. Sin nin 271/2 miles to the west.
Cen cin 47 miles to the east.
Hhian scian 371/2 miles to the south.
Sin cui 57 miles to the south-west. Tin mines 
.
Sam scioj 35 miles to the south-west.
Cin iuon 62 miles to the north. Silver and iron mines 
.
Chien ceu3 140 miles from its fu to the north-west. Silveramines
Jam scian 50 miles from [its] ceu to the north-east. Silver and iron mines .
Chien scian 72 miles from [its] ceu to the west. Silver and iron mines .
Sin ngan 40 miles from its fu to the south-east.
Guei —
1 Quam ceu to the soldiers of the left wing in the city to the north. 4
2 The same to the soldiers of the right wing to the west.
3 The same in front to the south.
4 The same within to the south.
Nam hai in the hhien of Tum cuon to the south.
Su—
Tum cuon in its hhien to the south.
Ta ia from the hhien of Tum cuon 100 miles to the south east. Military marine station.
Sin nin in its hhien within the city.
Zum cua in its hhien within the city.
Guei —
Quam hai from the hhien of Sin cui 37 miles to the south.
Cin iuon in it hhien to the east.
Su—
Chien ceu in its ceu to the west.
Cen cin in its hhien to the south. Sin cui in its hhien to the east.
2nd Fu
The city of Sciau ceu5 which is second in order, is 100 days' journey from the confines of the kingdom.
371/2 miles from Sci hhin hhien of the city of Nam ium to the east, 101 miles from Iam scian hhien Chien ceu of the city of Quam ceu to the west.
42 miles from Cin iuon hhien of the city of Quam ceu to the south, 57 miles from Lan uiam hhien Leau ceu of the province of Chu quam to the north.
1,829 miles from royal Pacchin.
898 from the Royal Nanchin.
50,000 pounds of cereals.
Here reside two Fathers of the Society of Jesus.
The following are subjected:
Hhien —
Chio chian which is united to the city. Iron and copper mines 
.
Lo ciam 20 miles to the north-west. Silver and lead mines 
.
Gin cua 20 miles to the north-east. Iron mines .
Gi iuon 25 miles to the west.
Iu ion 22 miles to the south-east. Silver and lead mines .
In te' 55 miles to the south-west. Silver and copper mines .
Su—
Sciau ceu in its fu to the east.
3rd Fu
The city of Nam ium6 is the third in order, and is 100 days' journey from the confines of the kingdom.
60 miles from Scin fu hhien of the city of Ciam ceu of the province of Chian si to the east.
60 miles from Chio chian hhien of the city of Sciau ceu to the west. 75 miles from Lun nam hhien of the above-mentioned city and province to the south.
20 miles from Ta chieu hhien of the city of Nam ngan of the province of Chian si to the north.
1,686 miles from the royal Pacchin.
825 miles from the royal Nanchin. b
305,000 pounds of cereals. c
The following are subjected:
Hhien —
Pau ciam which is united to the city
Sci hhin hhien 27 miles from [its] fu to the west.
Su—
Nam ium in the same fu to the west.
The new city of Moi lin and its mount will be discussed in the table.
4th Fu
The city of Cui ceu7 is fourth in order, is 122 days' journey from the confines of the kingdom.
102 miles from Ciau iam hhien of the city of Ciau ceu to the east.
62 miles from the sea coast to the west.
27 miles from the sea coast to the south.
110 miles from Lun nam hhien of the city of Ciam ceu of the province of Chian si to the north.
2,086 from the royal Pacchin.
1,225 miles from the royal Namchin.
66,000 pounds of cereals per annum.
The following are subjected:
Hhien —
Cui scien which is united to the city
8 miles from Po lo to the south-west.
Ciam nin is united to the city. Juin ngan likewise.
Hai fun 75 miles to the north-east.
Ho iuon 37 miles to the north.
Lun ciuon 100 miles to the north-east.
Ciam lo 120 miles to the north-east.
Hhin nin 112 miles to the north-east.
Ho' pin 67 miles to the north-east.
Guei —
Cui ceu in its fu to the south-west.
Su—
Ho iuon in its hhien to the east.
Lun ciuon in its hhien to the west.
Ciam lo in its hhien to the east.
Guei —
Chie scie 50 miles from Hai fun hhien to the south.
Su—
Pin hai 50 miles from its fu to the south.
Hai fun in its hhien to the east.
Chien scin 27 miles from Hai fun hhien to the east.
Chia zi 27 miles from Hai fun hhien to the east.
5th Fu
The city of Ciau ceu8 which is fifth in order, is 149 days' journey from the confines of the kingdom.
37 miles from the sea coast to the east.
62 miles from Hai fun hhien of the city of Cui ceu to the west.
37 miles from the sea coast to the south.
78 miles from Scian iuon hhien of the city of Chien tin ceu of the province of Fo chien to the north.
2,439 miles from royal Pacchin.
1,645 from royal Nanchin.
1,064,000 pounds of cereals.
The following are subjected:
Hhien —
Hai iam which is united to the city. Silver, tin and salt mines .
Ciau iam 32 miles to the south. Salt mines.
Chie iam 17 miles to the west.
Cin hhian 100 miles to the north.
Giau pin 75 miles to the east.
Cui lai 271/2 miles to the south.
Ta pu 271/2 miles to the east.
Ten hai 121/2 miles to the south-east.
Cin nin 35 miles to the south-west.
Pin iuon 65 miles to the north-west.
Guei —
Ciau ceu in its fu to the north.
Su—
Ta cin in Gaiu pin hhien.
Hai muen in Ciau iam hhien.
Cin hai in Cui lai hhien.
Fun ceu in Chie iam hhien.
Fun ceu in the same.
Cin hhian in its hhien to the west.
6th Fu
The city of Sciau chin9 is 113 days'journey from the confines of the kingdom.
55 miles from Nam hai hhien of the city of Quan ceu to the east. 100 miles from Ciam u hhien of the city of U ceu of the province of Quam si to the west.
67 miles from Lim pa of the city of Cau ceu to the south.
68 miles from Cin iuon hhien of the city of quam ceu to the north
1,850 miles from royal Pacchin.
1,065 miles from royal Nanchin.
160,000 pounds of cereals per annum.
Qui was the first residence of three Fathers of the Society of Jesus.
The following are subjected:
Hhien —
Cau iau which is united to the city. Here there are silver and iron mines .
Si cui 321/2 miles to the north. Silver mines .
Sin hhin 35 miles to the south.
Jam chian 85 miles to the south. Silver and tin mines .
Jam ciuon 60 miles to the south.
Cau min 70 miles to the south-west.
Ngan pin 67 miles to the south.
Quam nin 21 miles to the north-west.
Te chin ceu10 521/2 miles from its fu to the west. Tin mines .
Fun ciuon 30 miles from its ceu to the west.
Pi chien 771/2 miles from [its] ceu to the north-west.
Translated from the Italian by: Salvatore Mele
For the original source of the English revised translation see: RUGGIERI, Michele, CAMPANINO, Vittorio, transcript., Trascrizioni delle tavole descrittive di Michele Ruggieri, in SARDO, Eugenio Lo, ed., "Atlante della Cina di Michelle Ruggieri, S. I.", Roma, Archivio di Stato di Roma - Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato - Libreria dello Stato, 1993, pp.61-120, pp.72-73 and T.16.
Also see: ** RC editorial note.
SYMBOLS
Copper =
Iron =
Lead =
Mercury =
Silver =
Tin =
NOTES
* RC editorial note: The transcription of this text is indexed to Tavola/Table 14 in the Trascrizioni delle tavole descritttive di Michelle Ruggieri in Eugenio Lo Sardo's edition of the Atlante della Cina di Michele Ruggieri, I. S., p.72 and is numbered as Tavola/ Table 16 in the list of reproductions of Michele Ruggieri's original manuscript inserted in Eugenio Lo Sardo's edition of the Atlante della Cina di Michele Ruggieri, I. S..
** Translator's note: This text relates to the map entitled Quam Tum P. (Quam T P[rovince]. / Guangdong P[rovince] numbered as Tavola/ Plate 15 in the list of reproductions of Michele Ruggieri's original manuscript inserted in Eugenio Lo Sardo's edition of the Atlante della Cina di Michele Ruggieri, I. S..
The romanisation of Chinese names and sites was left as in Michele Ruggieri's original manuscript according to Vittorio Campanino's transcription in Eugenio Lo Sardo's edition of the Atlante della Cina di Michele Ruggieri.
1 Guangdong sheng. ·
2 Guangzhou fu. ·
3 Lianzhou. ·
4 CHAN, A., S. J., The Glory and Fall of the Ming Empire, Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Press, 1982, p.40: "Under the wei-so system, a military district established within a prefecture was called 'so " and had one thousand one hundred and twenty-eight soldiers. A military district covering two prefectures was known as a 'wei" and had about five thousand six hundred soldiers."
5 Shaozhou fu. ·
6 Nanxiong fu. ·
7 Huizhou fu. ·
8 Chaozhou fu. ·
9 Zhaoqing fu. ·
10 Deqing zhou. ·
a The author has used a series of dots between "argenti" ("silver") and "fodinae " ("mines"), and then included the symbol for tin after the symbol for silver.
b "triginta " ("thirty") crossed out.
c "4a " (lit.: "4th") crossed out.
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