Gulf of Tonkin to Luzon and Formosa

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Old Maps Collection

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Old Maps Collection

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Barcode:

3687800317476H

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3687800317476H

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Title:

Gulf of Tonkin to Luzon and Formosa

title

Gulf of Tonkin to Luzon and Formosa

Title

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Original Title:

[Golfe du Tonkin jusqu'à Luçon et Formose]

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[Golfe du Tonkin jusqu'à Luçon et Formose]

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Contributor:

Thornton, John, 1641-1708, cartographer

contributor

Thornton, John, 1641-1708, cartographer

Contributor

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Category:

Sea Charts

Category

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Type:

Manuscripts

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Manuscripts

Type

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Language:

English

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English

Language

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Language:

Portuguese

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Portuguese

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Language:

Latin

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Latin

Language

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Create Year:

1701

date

1701

Create Year

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Format:

JPEG 2000, 12184 × 8920, 18MB

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JPEG 2000, 12184 × 8920, 18MB

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Scale:

Scale not given.

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Scale not given.

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Physical Map Dimension (cm):

74 x 101 cm, on sheet 81 x 112 cm

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74 x 101 cm, on sheet 81 x 112 cm

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Note:

This navigational chart was clearly made from a map of the same region by Joan Blaeu in 1668. It depicts the Gulf of Tonkin with the island of Hainan, the South China Sea to the Philippines in the East with the Luzon island visible on the right edge of the map, and Taiwan still named 'Formosa' up north. Also present are the northern part of the Paracel Islands with the inset 'The triangles' on its northeast side. The chart is obviously made for navigational purposes as toponyms are scarce to some extent, even though quite a number of soundings are given, specially closer to the coast lines. On China and Hainan Island can be seen a concentration of notes with instructions for pilots and overall information about the places and what can be found in each place.

note

This navigational chart was clearly made from a map of the same region by Joan Blaeu in 1668. It depicts the Gulf of Tonkin with the island of Hainan, the South China Sea to the Philippines in the East with the Luzon island visible on the right edge of the map, and Taiwan still named 'Formosa' up north. Also present are the northern part of the Paracel Islands with the inset 'The triangles' on its northeast side. The chart is obviously made for navigational purposes as toponyms are scarce to some extent, even though quite a number of soundings are given, specially closer to the coast lines. On China and Hainan Island can be seen a concentration of notes with instructions for pilots and overall information about the places and what can be found in each place.

Note

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Note:

Original is a manuscript map in parchment, 74 x 101 cm.

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Original is a manuscript map in parchment, 74 x 101 cm.

Note

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Note:

Title from provenance library.

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Title from provenance library.

Note

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Note:

There are two 32-point compass roses on the map with a fleur-de-lis indicating north, colored blue, yellow, red, green and magenta. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are black, half-winds are green and quarter-winds are red.

note

There are two 32-point compass roses on the map with a fleur-de-lis indicating north, colored blue, yellow, red, green and magenta. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are black, half-winds are green and quarter-winds are red.

Note

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Note:

Scale line inside a cartouche on the left bottom corner of the map, colored yellow, red, blue and magenta.

note

Scale line inside a cartouche on the left bottom corner of the map, colored yellow, red, blue and magenta.

Note

false

Note:

Relief shown pictorially and bathymetric relief by soundings.

note

Relief shown pictorially and bathymetric relief by soundings.

Note

false

Note:

Latitude line roughly in the middle of the map in red, blue and yellow interchangeably.

note

Latitude line roughly in the middle of the map in red, blue and yellow interchangeably.

Note

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Note:

Landmasses outlined in blue, green, yellow and magenta with small islands painted in the same colors.

note

Landmasses outlined in blue, green, yellow and magenta with small islands painted in the same colors.

Note

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Note:

Tropic of Cancer in red.

note

Tropic of Cancer in red.

Note

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Note:

Place names on land are written in black and on water in red.

note

Place names on land are written in black and on water in red.

Note

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Note:

Map with yellow border.

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Map with yellow border.

Note

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Note:

Authorship and notes in English with Tropic line in Latin. Place names both in English and Portuguese.

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Authorship and notes in English with Tropic line in Latin. Place names both in English and Portuguese.

Note

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Note:

Macao in Asia maps.

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Macao in Asia maps.

Note

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Note:

Macao in East Indies maps.

note

Macao in East Indies maps.

Note

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Note:

Macao and its surroundings.

note

Macao and its surroundings.

Note

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Reference:

Foncin, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques sur vélin conservées au Département des cartes et plans, p. 297

reference

Foncin, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques sur vélin conservées au Département des cartes et plans, p. 297

Reference

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Reference:

Pflederer, R. Census of Portolan Charts & Atlases: as reported and listed by the noted scholars of the genre in their works ranging from 1897 to 2008, p. 69

reference

Pflederer, R. Census of Portolan Charts & Atlases: as reported and listed by the noted scholars of the genre in their works ranging from 1897 to 2008, p. 69

Reference

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Subject:

Nautical charts -- South China Sea

subject

Nautical charts -- South China Sea

Subject

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Geographic Area:

China

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China

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

China Sea

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China Sea

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Taiwan

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Taiwan

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Vietnam

geographic_area

Vietnam

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Paracel Islands

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Paracel Islands

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Hainan Island (China)

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Hainan Island (China)

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Philippines

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Philippines

Geographic Area

false

Provenance:

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

source

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Provenance

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Provenance:

https://catalogue.b…

source

https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40781814g

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Provenance Call No.:

GE SH 18 PF 181 P 5/1 RES

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GE SH 18 PF 181 P 5/1 RES

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MUST holding:

https://must.primo.…

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https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/171sgkf/alma991000818329705076

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