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| Keywords: 1818 Pinkerton Map of China (with Taiwan or Formosa) - Geographicus - China-pinkerton-1818.jpg John Pinkerton's highly decorative map of China published 1818 Covers the China from Chinese Tartary to the kingdom of Tonkin modern day Vietnam and from Yunnan to Formosa and Korea Includes the island of Formosa alternately labeled Tai-ouan Macao is noted Hong Kong island appears but is not identified Notes both the Great Wall of China and the Barrier of Wooden Pikes Dividing the Province of Quantong or Leaotong from Tartary Identifies cities towns palaces fortifications swamps mountains and river systems Lower right hand quadrant features two scales British Miles and Chinese Ly Drawn by L Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton This map comes from the scarce American edition of Pinkerton ™s Modern Atlas published by Thomas Dobson Co of Philadelphia in 1818 1818 undated Size in 20 5 22 5 object history credit line accession number China-pinkerton-1818 Pinkerton J <i>A Modern Atlas from the Lates and Best Authorities Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World with its chief Empires Kingdoms and States; in Sixty Maps carefully reduced from the Larges and Most Authentic Sources </i> 1818 Philadelphia Thomas Dobson Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps of the history of Vietnam Maps by John Pinkerton 19th-century maps of China 1818 maps | ||||
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