Detail View: Old Maps Collection: [Carte de la rivière de Canton]
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Barcode:
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4687820501104
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Title:
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[Carte de la rivière de Canton]
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Category:
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General Maps
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Type:
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Manuscripts
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Language:
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French
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Create Year:
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[17--]
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Format:
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JPEG2000, 6926 x 12404, 15MB
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Scale:
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Scale not given
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
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102 x 55 cm, on sheet 112 x 66 cm
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Note:
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Very little in known about this manuscript nautical chart of the Pearl River made on the 18th century by an unknown author. It is a chart from the [Portefeuille 179 du Service hydrographique de la Marine consacré à la Chine] of the 'Service hydrographique de la Marine' belonging to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. On the left upper corner of the map, near Canton, is depicted a building named only 'Temple' which refers to the Hoi Tong Temple -海幢寺-, a buddhist temple from the 10th century. To its left there are 3 numbered towers. The first tower identified as 'Tour de Lion' is the Lotus Pagoda -莲花塔- or Wenchang Pagoda built in 1612, a 8-corner brick-build architecture, 50m high, with 9 floors outside and 11 layers inside. The second one is Pazhou Pagoda -琶洲塔- also known as the Whampoa Pagoda, built in 1600 is an octagonal tower with 9 main sections and 17 sub sections with 59m high. The third and last one is the Chigang Pagoda -赤岗塔- or Red Stone Hill Pagoda. The pagoda built in 1619 is in octagonal shape, it stands 53.7m tall with 9 exterior floor sections and 17 interior levels. This three pagodas built at the mouth of the Pearl River are said to bring good luck to Guangzhou and the surrounding area.
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Note:
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Original is a manuscript watercolor map, 104 x 57 cm.
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Title from the provenance library.
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Note:
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Relief is shown pictorially on land and bathymetric relief is given by soundings.
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Roughly at the center there is a pencil drawn fleur-de-lis -maybe added later- indicating north.
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The coats line and the islands are outlined in color.
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Note:
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Macao and its surroundings.
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Subject:
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China -- Maps
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Geographic Area:
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Pearl River Estuary (China)
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Geographic Area:
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Guangzhou Shi (China)
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Geographic Area:
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Macao (China)
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Geographic Area:
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Wanshan Archipelago
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Geographic Area:
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Shangchuan Island
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Provenance:
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Bibliothèque Nationale de France
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Provenance:
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https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb45089618q
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Provenance Call No.:
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GE SH 18 PF 179 DIV 9 P 5
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MUST holding:
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https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/171sgkf/alma991002923849805076
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