Large and detailed plan of Macao
By BARROW, John , 1796
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A Plan of the City and Harbour of Macao a Colony of the Portuguese situated at the southern extremity of the Chinese Empire in Lat. 22,,12,,44,, N. Long. 113.35.0 East of Greenwich.

Asia China
  • Author: BARROW, John
  • Publication place: London
  • Publisher: Published by George Nicol
  • Publication date: April the 12th, 1796.
  • Physical description: Hand-coloured, double-page engraved chart, a few minor tears to margins skilfully repaired.
  • Dimensions: 740 by 560mm (29.25 by 22 inches).
  • Inventory reference: 1232

Notes

The plan was published in George Staunton’s ‘An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China’, a work which recorded Britain’s first official embassy to China, headed by Lord Macartney, in 1792. The plan is upon a scale of 1000 yards to 3.5 inches, and not only shows the city in great detail but also gives information on soundings and seabed notation. Beneath the title is a 37-point key listing forts, parishes, colleges, convents, chapels, and other buildings and places ‘most remarkable’. Among the more remarkable buildings are Sang-miau a Chinese Temple, the English Factory, and the Island of Isla Verde.

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