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Map Wan li hai fang tu shuo 万里海防圖说 / / Wan li hai fang tu / Jiao Lai He bian yi tu shuo hui ji / Illustrated map of Qing Empire coastal fortifications

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About this Item

Title

  • Wan li hai fang tu shuo

Other Title

  • 万里海防圖说 /
  • Wan li hai fang tu
  • Jiao Lai He bian yi tu shuo hui ji
  • Illustrated map of Qing Empire coastal fortifications

Names

  • Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William), Sr., 1884-1975.
  • Tan, Jiuchou, active 17th century.
  • Zhang, Qianyi, jin shi 1712.

Created / Published

  • [Qing Yongzheng 3 nian, 1725]

Contents

  • Wan li hai fang tu -- Jiao lai he bian yi tu shuo hui ji.

Headings

  • -  Coast defenses--China--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Grand Canal (China)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Grand Canal (China)--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles
  • -  China--Grand Canal

Genre

  • Manuscript maps
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Pictorial map.
  • -  Shows defense installations of the Grand Canal and the Chinese coast line from Hainan Island to Liaodong Peninsula.
  • -  Originally drawn during Ming Jiaqing period between1524 and 1526. The map was a copy drawn in 1725.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Pen-and-ink and watercolor.
  • -  Cover title.
  • -  Oriented with north to the left.
  • -  Includes text.
  • -  Gift; Arthur William Hummel; 1930, no. 7.

Medium

  • 2 ms. maps on 1 sheet : col. ; 32 x 376 cm. and 32 x 434 cm., sheet 32 x 1,600 cm., folded in cover 32 x 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G7821.R4 1725 .W3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm71005020

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Hummel, Arthur W. , Sr, Jiuchou Tan, and Qianyi Zhang. Wan LI Hai Fang Tu Shuo. [Qing Yongzheng 3 nian, 1725] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gm71005020/.

APA citation style:

Hummel, A. W., Tan, J. & Zhang, Q. (1725) Wan LI Hai Fang Tu Shuo. [Qing Yongzheng 3 nian] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gm71005020/.

MLA citation style:

Hummel, Arthur W. , Sr, Jiuchou Tan, and Qianyi Zhang. Wan LI Hai Fang Tu Shuo. [Qing Yongzheng 3 nian, 1725] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gm71005020/>.