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Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
36878003222312
identifier
36878003222312
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Title:
To the Society of Managing Owners of the Ships in the English East India Company's Service, This Chart of the China Sea, Including the Philippina Molluca and Banda Islands, Shewing al the same time all the Tracks into the Pacific Ocean, commonly known by the name of the Eastern Passage to China
title
To the Society of Managing Owners of the Ships in the English East India Company's Service, This Chart of the China Sea, Including the Philippina Molluca and Banda Islands, Shewing al the same time all the Tracks into the Pacific Ocean, commonly known by the name of the Eastern Passage to China
Title
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Other Title:
Chart of the China Sea, including the Philippina Molluca and Banda Islands
other_title
Chart of the China Sea, including the Philippina Molluca and Banda Islands
Other Title
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Contributor:
Robertson, George, 1748-1788, cartographer
contributor
Robertson, George, 1748-1788, cartographer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Harmer, Thomas, fl. 1784-1814, engraver
contributor
Harmer, Thomas, fl. 1784-1814, engraver
Contributor
false
Category:
Sea Charts
category
Sea Charts
Category
false
Type:
Printed
type
Printed
Type
false
Language:
English
language
English
Language
false
Create Year:
1791
date
1791
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG 2000, 14959 × 19899, 30MB
format
JPEG 2000, 14959 × 19899, 30MB
Format
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Scale:
[ca. 1:4,500,000].
scale
[ca. 1:4,500,000].
Scale
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
118 x 90 cm, on sheet 125 x 111 cm
obj_height_cm
118 x 90 cm, on sheet 125 x 111 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
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Note:
This sea chart depicts the different routes identified with the name of the person who first sailed it and respective date. It has a legend on the soundings on the left top corner of the left upper sheet. There is an extensive memorandum on the lowest part of the bottom sheets for the route of leaving for Europe from Java. The map was made for the British East India Company with the routes of the China Sea for trade. By the beginning of the 18th century the Company account for half of the world's trade, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, spices, saltpetre, tea, and opium.
note
This sea chart depicts the different routes identified with the name of the person who first sailed it and respective date. It has a legend on the soundings on the left top corner of the left upper sheet. There is an extensive memorandum on the lowest part of the bottom sheets for the route of leaving for Europe from Java. The map was made for the British East India Company with the routes of the China Sea for trade. By the beginning of the 18th century the Company account for half of the world's trade, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, spices, saltpetre, tea, and opium.
Note
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Note:
Original map in 4 sheets mounted on cloth.
note
Original map in 4 sheets mounted on cloth.
Note
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Note:
Underneath the title: 'Harmar Sculp. 164 Piccadilly'.
note
Underneath the title: 'Harmar Sculp. 164 Piccadilly'.
Note
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Note:
There is an 8-point compass rose with a fleur-de-lis indicating north roughly in the middle of the bottom part of the map. Also indicating north are three fleur-de-lis on the left top corner of the upper sheets and one on the right corner of the right upper sheet.
note
There is an 8-point compass rose with a fleur-de-lis indicating north roughly in the middle of the bottom part of the map. Also indicating north are three fleur-de-lis on the left top corner of the upper sheets and one on the right corner of the right upper sheet.
Note
false
Note:
Bathymetric relief shown by soundings.
note
Bathymetric relief shown by soundings.
Note
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Note:
Prime meridian: Greenwich.
note
Prime meridian: Greenwich.
Note
false
Note:
The four borders of the map with latitude and longitude lines in black and white interchangeably.
note
The four borders of the map with latitude and longitude lines in black and white interchangeably.
Note
false
Note:
Map outlined in double fillet.
note
Map outlined in double fillet.
Note
false
Note:
Macao in East Indies maps.
note
Macao in East Indies maps.
Note
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Subject:
China -- Maps
subject
China -- Maps
Subject
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Subject:
Southeast Asia -- Maps
subject
Southeast Asia -- Maps
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
China
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China
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
China Sea
geographic_area
China Sea
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Southeast Asia
geographic_area
Southeast Asia
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Hainan Sheng (China)
geographic_area
Hainan Sheng (China)
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Paracel Islands
geographic_area
Paracel Islands
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Cambodia
geographic_area
Cambodia
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Borneo
geographic_area
Borneo
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Philippines
geographic_area
Philippines
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Taiwan
geographic_area
Taiwan
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Indonesia
geographic_area
Indonesia
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Java (Indonesia)
geographic_area
Java (Indonesia)
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Sumatra (Indonesia)
geographic_area
Sumatra (Indonesia)
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Malacca (Malacca, Malaysia)
geographic_area
Malacca (Malacca, Malaysia)
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Timor Island
geographic_area
Timor Island
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Papua New Guinea
geographic_area
Papua New Guinea
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Australia
geographic_area
Australia
Geographic Area
false
Provenance:
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Provenance
false
Provenance Call No.:
GE SH 18 PF 182 P 8
original_call_no
GE SH 18 PF 182 P 8
Provenance Call No.
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MUST holding:
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