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Canton and its approaches, Macao and Hong Kong.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Cartographic	Supervised use	Map Div. 97-6606	Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

Additional Authors

Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877

Description

4 maps on 1 sheet : hand colored; 32 x 26 cm or smaller, sheet 36 x 44 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 6015.

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Note

Relief shown by hachures on Hong Kong map. Depths shown by soundings on Macao and Sketch of the river charts.
In lower right margin: 170.
Resembles city plans published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. According to Mead T. Cain, "The Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: A Publishing History," Imago Mundi 46 (1994), pages 151-167, and Cathy Moulder, "The Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Information," ACMLA Bulletin 142 (Fall 2012), pages 3-11, Edward Stanford published their maps in atlases between 1856 and 1875. The city plans were issued in Stanford's The complete atlas of modern, classical and celestial maps, together with plans of the principal cities of the world, in 1857 and 1870.

Contents

Canton -- Macao -- Hong Kong / surveyed by Captn. Sir E. Belcher, R.N. -- Sketch of the river from Macao to Canton.

Call Number

Map Div. 97-6606

OCLC

1202816741

Author

Stanford, Edward, 1827-1904, creator, publisher.

Title

Canton and its approaches, Macao and Hong Kong.

Imprint

London : Edward Stanford, 6 Charing Cross, [1857 or 1870?]

Cartographic Data

Scales differ (E 113°10ʹ--E 114°19ʹ/N 23°15ʹ--N 21°56ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877, surveyor.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 97-6606 [LHS 6015]