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Daqing wannian yitong tianxia quantu 大清萬年一統天下全圖 [Complete Map of All-Under-Heaven of the Unified Everlasting Qing Empire]

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HUANG, Qianren
[China,
1814].
Large woodcut map printed green and sandstone red in 24 (3 x 8) sections, and mounted on linen.
1400 by 2400mm. (55 by 94.5 inches).
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This version of "Blue" map was depicted with shades of green and sandstone red, and printed from a later plate based on the "Blue" map plates, commissioned by the Fengchitang (鳳池堂) in Minxian County of Fuzhou Prefecture (福州府閩縣) as inscribed in the long end note to the left margin of the map: "福建福州府閩縣鳳池堂鐫刻藏板".

This map is titled Daqing wannian yitong tianxia quantu 大清萬年一統天下全圖 (Complete Map of All-Under-Heaven Unified Everlasting Qing Empire). It is derived from th...

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bibliography:

Pegg, Richard, 'Cartographic Traditions in East Asian Maps', Chicago, The Maclean Collection, 2014, pp.18-27; Ping, Yan (et al), China in Ancient and Modern Maps, London, Sotheby's Publications, 1998, pp.220-223.

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