China Archives - Daniel Crouch Rare Books https://crouchrarebooks.com/gallery-category/china/ Rare Maps, Vintage Maps, Antique Maps, Rare Atlases, Rare Books Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:45:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dcrb-favicon-100x100.png China Archives - Daniel Crouch Rare Books https://crouchrarebooks.com/gallery-category/china/ 32 32 238712441 Map of Shanghai, China, and vicinity by “Chinese Gordon” https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/map-of-shanghai-china-and-vicinity-by-chinese-gordon/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 07:28:51 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/map-of-shanghai-china-and-vicinity-by-chinese-gordon/ By GORDON, Lieutenant Colonel Charles George, 1865

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Lithograph map, hand-coloured, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into a red cloth slip case.

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A collection of contemporary documents from the Boxer Rebellion https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/a-collection-of-contemporary-documents-from-the-boxer-rebellion/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:34:26 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/a-collection-of-contemporary-documents-from-the-boxer-rebellion/ By [ANONYMOUS], c1900].

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Manuscript map (227 by 175mm) in pencil and coloured pencil, with ink annotations, minor foxing, pasted on paper. Contemporary newspaper clipping affixed to upper left corner with pin. Two photographs (86 by 295mm) pasted to verso, sun-spotted, bleached and toned. Separate sheet with two photographs pasted to front, one to verso, in same condition.

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Large plan of 1930s Hong Kong showing the cyclone scale https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/large-plan-of-1930s-hong-kong-showing-the-cyclone-scale/ Sun, 02 Feb 2025 02:29:19 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/large-plan-of-1930s-hong-kong-showing-the-cyclone-scale/ By [SANXING PRESS], c1931].

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Chromolithograph plan, inset maps of Kowloon, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and the New Territories, some strengthening to folds, a few old repairs.

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Longitude and Latitude on a map of the Qing Empire https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/longitude-and-latitude-on-a-map-of-the-qing-empire/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:50:46 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/longitude-and-latitude-on-a-map-of-the-qing-empire/ By Dong Fangli (Youcheng) 董方立(佑誠) (1791-1823), Li Zhaoluo 李兆洛 (1769-1841), 1865 [1832].

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Wood-block printed map of the unified Qing Empire, comprising sixty-four sheets. Two titles in seal script to upper centre and upper right in two lines.

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A map of Canton and Hong Kong by “Nemesis Hall” https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/a-map-of-canton-and-hong-kong-by-nemesis-hall/ Sun, 19 Jan 2025 14:25:11 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/a-map-of-canton-and-hong-kong-by-nemesis-hall/ By HALL, Admiral Sir William Hutcheon, 1845

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Lithograph map with original hand-colour in outline, with one inset map, manuscript pencil inscription to margin.

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General Staff map of Nanking https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/general-staff-map-of-nanking/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:34:26 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/general-staff-map-of-nanking/ By WAR OFFICE, GEOGRAPHICAL SECTION, GENERAL STAFF, 1927.

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Coloured lithograph map dissected into 32 (4 by 8) sections mounted on linen.

Scale 1:250,000

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Bellin’s map of the vicinity of Canton https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/bellins-map-of-the-vicinity-of-canton/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 02:56:22 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/bellins-map-of-the-vicinity-of-canton/ By BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas, 1756

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Engraved map.

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Second Opium War Map https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/second-opium-war-map/ Fri, 03 Jan 2025 15:33:49 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/second-opium-war-map/ By [BRITISH ADMIRALTY], 1860

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Lithograph map, original hand colouring, dissected and laid on linen, publisher’s plum cloth folding case, manuscript label in French to spine, old pen and pencil marking of a French ship’s voyage to and from Shanghai.

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First Western Map of Quantung https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/first-western-map-of-quantung/ Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:19:00 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/first-western-map-of-quantung/ By BLAEU, Johannes, 1655

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The text on the reverse of this map is in Latin.

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The first chart of the Chinese Coast on Mercator’s Projection https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/the-first-chart-of-the-chinese-coast-on-mercators-projection/ Wed, 25 Dec 2024 09:08:01 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/the-first-chart-of-the-chinese-coast-on-mercators-projection/ By DUDLEY, Robert, 1661].

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Engraved chart.

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