Canton Archives - Daniel Crouch Rare Books https://crouchrarebooks.com/gallery-tag/canton/ Rare Maps, Vintage Maps, Antique Maps, Rare Atlases, Rare Books Fri, 16 May 2025 11:36:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dcrb-favicon-100x100.png Canton Archives - Daniel Crouch Rare Books https://crouchrarebooks.com/gallery-tag/canton/ 32 32 238712441 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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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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Horsburgh’s chart of the Pearl River Delta https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/horsburghs-chart-of-the-pearl-river-delta/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 03:23:46 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/horsburghs-chart-of-the-pearl-river-delta/ By HORSBURGH, James, July 1831 corrections to 1841.

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Engraved chart, hand-colour in part, dissected and mounted on linen, housed in original brown cloth slipcase.

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“…being the best for LEAKY VESSELS, during the strength of the S.W. Monsoon” https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/being-the-best-for-leaky-vessels-during-the-strength-of-the-s-w-monsoon/ Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:50:52 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/being-the-best-for-leaky-vessels-during-the-strength-of-the-s-w-monsoon/ By NORIE, John William, Jan.y 1st, 1821, additions to 1832.

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Folding engraved chart on two joined sheets.

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One of the earliest maps to reference Singapore https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/one-of-the-earliest-maps-to-reference-singapore/ Tue, 06 Aug 2024 03:38:22 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/one-of-the-earliest-maps-to-reference-singapore/ By [GASTALDI, Giacomo; after], 1574-73].

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Engraved map, Italian text on verso.

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Charting a voyage of nearly two thousand nautical miles from the Sunda Strait to Hong Kong https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/charting-a-voyage-of-nearly-two-thousand-nautical-miles-from-the-sunda-strait-to-hong-kong/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 11:09:31 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/charting-a-voyage-of-nearly-two-thousand-nautical-miles-from-the-sunda-strait-to-hong-kong/ By LE SAGE, P., 1734

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Three manuscript charts, on two different scales, but adjoining, pen and red and black ink with colour wash, on paper, laid down on blue linen, signed within the title cartouche (lower sheet only) on a paper overlay upper right.

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One of the largest world maps ever printed https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/one-of-the-largest-world-maps-ever-printed/ Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:22:26 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/one-of-the-largest-world-maps-ever-printed/ By VERBIEST, Ferdinand, 1860].

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Xylograph, printed on 6 sheets, the southern polar landmass embellished with animals, including a unicorn, a lion, a rhinoceros, a crocodile, a giraffe, a beaver and a turkey, the spandrels with eight large lozenges with text descriptions.

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Southeast Asia at the end of the nineteenth century https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/southeast-asia-at-the-end-of-the-nineteenth-century/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:49:02 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/southeast-asia-at-the-end-of-the-nineteenth-century/ By STANFORD, Edward, [c1899].

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Chromolithographed map.

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Feel the Bern https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/feel-the-bern/ Tue, 09 Jun 2015 15:39:23 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/feel-the-bern/ By STORCKLEIN, I., [c1690].

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Engraved map.

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