Gulf of Tonkin

COLLECTION NAME:

Old Maps Collection

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MUST~2~2

Old Maps Collection

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Barcode:

3687800354566I

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3687800354566I

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Title:

Gulf of Tonkin

title

Gulf of Tonkin

Title

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Original Title:

[Golfe du Tonkin]

full_title

[Golfe du Tonkin]

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Contributor:

Blaeu, Joan, 1650-1712, cartographer

contributor

Blaeu, Joan, 1650-1712, cartographer

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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:

Dutch

language

Dutch

Language

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Language:

Portuguese

language

Portuguese

Language

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Create Year:

1677

date

1677

Create Year

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Format:

JPEG 2000, 12184 × 9224, 22MB

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JPEG 2000, 12184 × 9224, 22MB

Format

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Scale:

Scale not given.

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Scale not given.

Scale

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Physical Map Dimension (cm):

74 x 100 cm, on sheet 87 x 111 cm

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74 x 100 cm, on sheet 87 x 111 cm

Physical Map Dimension (cm)

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Note:

Joan Blaeu succeeded his father, in 1638, as a Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) mapmaker and achieved great profit from this office. His principal interest was his major cartographic works on Asia. This chart represents the South China Sea bound on the east by the islands of Taiwan and Philippines, on the west by Vietnam and north by China, the Hainan Island is also represented. The purpose of the chart was clearly navigational aid and so quite a number of soundings are given. As is already known most of the sources for maps made under the VOC were Portuguese and this chart is no exception as it is easily noticeable for a lot of the place names still figure in Portuguese with only a few translated to Dutch. There is an identical chart from the year 1668.

note

Joan Blaeu succeeded his father, in 1638, as a Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) mapmaker and achieved great profit from this office. His principal interest was his major cartographic works on Asia. This chart represents the South China Sea bound on the east by the islands of Taiwan and Philippines, on the west by Vietnam and north by China, the Hainan Island is also represented. The purpose of the chart was clearly navigational aid and so quite a number of soundings are given. As is already known most of the sources for maps made under the VOC were Portuguese and this chart is no exception as it is easily noticeable for a lot of the place names still figure in Portuguese with only a few translated to Dutch. There is an identical chart from the year 1668.

Note

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Note:

Original is a manuscript chart in parchment, 75 x 100 cm.

note

Original is a manuscript chart in parchment, 75 x 100 cm.

Note

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Note:

Title from provenance library.

note

Title from provenance library.

Note

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Note:

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

note

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

Note

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Note:

The coast lines of continents and bigger islands are outlined in yellow, green and magenta and smaller islands are painted with the same colors.

note

The coast lines of continents and bigger islands are outlined in yellow, green and magenta and smaller islands are painted with the same colors.

Note

false

Note:

Double scale line; one in red, blue and yellow interchangeably and the other in magenta and green.

note

Double scale line; one in red, blue and yellow interchangeably and the other in magenta and green.

Note

false

Note:

Latitude line in the middle of the chart in yellow and white interchangeably.

note

Latitude line in the middle of the chart in yellow and white interchangeably.

Note

false

Note:

Toponyms on water in red and on land in black.

note

Toponyms on water in red and on land in black.

Note

false

Note:

Relief shown pictorially and bathymetric relief by soundings.

note

Relief shown pictorially and bathymetric relief by soundings.

Note

false

Note:

Legend at the top left corner of the map and scale line in Dutch with place names in Dutch and Portuguese.

note

Legend at the top left corner of the map and scale line in Dutch with place names in Dutch and Portuguese.

Note

false

Note:

Macao in China maps.

note

Macao in China maps.

Note

false

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. 296

reference

Foncin, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques sur vélin conservées au Département des cartes et plans, p. 296

Reference

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Reference:

Pflederer, R.L. 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.L. 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

false

Reference:

Destombes, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques manuscrites sur parchemin: 1300-1700, n.o 81

reference

Destombes, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques manuscrites sur parchemin: 1300-1700, n.o 81

Reference

false

Reference:

Schilder et Kok 2010, p. 588 [n° 16.04]

reference

Schilder et Kok 2010, p. 588 [n° 16.04]

Reference

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Subject:

China -- Maps

subject

China -- Maps

Subject

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Subject:

China Sea -- Maps

subject

China Sea -- Maps

Subject

false

Subject:

Vietnam -- Maps

subject

Vietnam -- Maps

Subject

false

Geographic Area:

China

geographic_area

China

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

China Sea

geographic_area

China Sea

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Vietnam

geographic_area

Vietnam

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Paracel Islands

geographic_area

Paracel Islands

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Hainan Island (China)

geographic_area

Hainan Island (China)

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Philippines

geographic_area

Philippines

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Taiwan

geographic_area

Taiwan

Geographic Area

false

Provenance:

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

source

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Provenance

false

Provenance:

https://catalogue.b…

source

https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40781796c

Provenance

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Provenance Call No.:

GE SH 18 PF 179 DIV 3 P 2/1 RES

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GE SH 18 PF 179 DIV 3 P 2/1 RES

Provenance Call No.

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MUST holding:

https://must.primo.…

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https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/utvbn5/alma991003009749805076

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Gulf of Tonkin