Three charts of the Chinese coast near Kanton

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Three charts of the Chinese coast near Kanton

Wood, I. / Anoniem / Anonymous / Anoniem / Anonymous

Three charts of the Chinese coast near Kanton.

Kanton.

Shang chwen Shan, or Sançian Isle.

Ma-kau & the Adjacent Isles.

Bottom left: No: 134.

Bottom right: Vol. IV Plate 28 p. 59.

The prints have been taken from J. B. du Halde, 'Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise' (The Hague, 1736).

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Is part of:

Kanton/Guangzhou Macao

Creator

Wood, I. (engraver / etcher)

Anoniem / Anonymous (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Anoniem / Anonymous (publisher)

Period

1745

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

18 x 13 cm18 x 13 cm

Number

3032 B 13, after p. 58

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, compass / dial, fortification, building

Inscription

Kanton / Shang chwen Shan, or Sançian Isle / Ma-kau & the Adjacent Isles

Sources and literature

Green, John, A New General Collection of Voyages and Travel:: Consisting: Of the most Esteemed Relations, which have been hitherto published in any Language: Comprehending every Thing remarkable in its Kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America [...] (1745 - 1747)