Rare nineteenth century plan of Shanghai and its environs
Map of the Shooting Districts Lying Between Shanghai & Wuhu
Compiled and Carefully revised by H.T. Wade and R.A. de Villard.
Shanghai,
October, 1893.
Lithograph map, fine original hand-colour, mounted on cloth, evenly age-toned, numbered "339" and signed by Wade and Villard in manuscript, lower left.
645 by 950mm. (25.5 by 37.5 inches).
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notes:
Large and detailed plan of Shanghai, and surroundings.
The map stretches west to east from modern day Tongling to Shanghai, and north to south from Nanjing to Hangzhou. The major districts and provinces are marked in English and Chinese. Also marked upon the plan are cities, towns, villages, marshes, swamps, bridges, pagodas, hills, boundary provinces, canals, and the sea wall. To the upper left are profiles of the stone bridge and the city walls of Soochow (Suzh...
The map stretches west to east from modern day Tongling to Shanghai, and north to south from Nanjing to Hangzhou. The major districts and provinces are marked in English and Chinese. Also marked upon the plan are cities, towns, villages, marshes, swamps, bridges, pagodas, hills, boundary provinces, canals, and the sea wall. To the upper left are profiles of the stone bridge and the city walls of Soochow (Suzh...
bibliography:
BL Maps 33.a.45.