Detailed map of the Macartney's Route across China during his Embassy of 1792-1794. The Macartney Embassy, also called the Macartney Mission, was a British embassy to China in 1793. The Mission ran from 1792-94 . It is named for the first envoy of...
Interesting map of China, extending from Corea and the Sea of Japan and Tartary in the North, to Teypin Is. Belonging to I. Ekeyo, Formosa, Hainan, Tonkin and Yunnan Province. Hong Kong not yet named. Shows provinces, cities, towns, rivers,...
Detailed map of China, Korea and Japan, showing provinces, towns, rivers ports, islands, etc. Includes Formosa and Hainan Islands. Decorative vignette.
Magnificent View of Macao From the Original Russian Edition of Krusenstern's Important Atlas Fine example of this skillfully-engraved view of Macao, based upon drawings taken by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius in 1805-6, which appeared in the atlas to...
Striking large format map of China, colored by provinces. Shows towns, rivers, roads, the Grand Canal, islands, mountains, etc. The Tract of the Hindoostan & Lion with the British Embassy to China is shown.
Detailed large format map of Tartary, extending from China, Japan and the Northeastern Russian Regions of Asia to Hindoostan and Beloochistan. One of the most detailed and interesting large format maps of the early 19th Century. A fine example with...
Scarce pair of maps illustrating the travels of the British Embassy to China, let by Lord Amherst, in 1816 and 1817. The maps are likely from Narrative of a journey in the interior of China : and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816...
Antique Sea Chart of East Asia Fine early sea chart of Eastern Asia, centered on Malaysia and Singapore. One of three stand-alone images comprising the massive chart of Southeast Asia by Norie. This is the central sheet, with the engraved title and...
First State of Horsburgh's Second and Substantially Improved Chart of the Coast of China, Philippines and Cochinchina etc. Finely executed general chart of the South China Sea from Na Trang to Tonkin, Taiwan and Mindoro, with a number of approach...
First edition of Finley's map of China (including Formosa) and Corea, colored by provinces, from his New General Atlas.
Detailed map of the Province of Canton and Hainan Island, published in Brussels. The map includes nice detail at the mouth of the Pearl River, with Lantao, Macao and Canton named.
An Important Early Sea Chart of the Area around Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta Updated To Incorporate Placenames in Chinese Rare separately published chart of the areas between Canton (Guangzhou), Hong Kong to the islands around Hong Kong, with a...
Early Missionary Map of Canton (Guangzhou), Published in Canton in the First Major Journal of Sinology Fine woodblock map of Canton showing the city’s street plan, waterways, and important buildings and sites. The plan was based on a Chinese map and...
Striking full hand-color example of Burr's map of China, which first appeared in David Burr's Universal Atlas, in 1836. Burr's Atlas was perhaps the most elegant American commercially published atlas of its time, utilizing wonderful wash colors and...
A Surreptitious Survey of Macau By A Famed British Officer Rare separately published sea chart of Macau, published by the British Admiralty, based upon the work of Peter Heywood, of Mutiny on the Bounty fame. The chart shows the town of Macau,...