Detail View: Old Maps Collection: Carte des isles qui sont a l'embouchure de la riviere de Canton : dressée sur les observations des navigateurs = Kaart van de eilanden aan der mond der riviere van Kanton
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Barcode:
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4687820500205
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Title:
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Carte des isles qui sont a l'embouchure de la riviere de Canton : dressée sur les observations des navigateurs = Kaart van de eilanden aan der mond der riviere van Kanton
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Original Title:
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Carte des isles qui sont a l’embouchure de la riviere de Canton : dressée sur les observations des navigateurs = Kaart van de eilanden aan der mond der riviere van Kanton
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Contributor:
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
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Contributor:
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Schley, Jacobus van der, 1715-1779
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Category:
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Sea Charts
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Type:
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Printed
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Language:
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French
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Create Year:
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1749
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Format:
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JPEG, 10564 × 6735, 65.6MB
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Scale:
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Scale not given
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
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21 x 33
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Note:
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Shows the mouth of the Canton River and the islands off the coast of Kwangtung Province.
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Note:
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The map was drawn by Jacques Nicolas Bellin who was the French naval hydrologist and chief cartographer.
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Note:
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The map described the coastline and islands leading to the entrance to the Canton or Pearl River in southern ChinaMacao was marked in a ship channel from the entrance to Canton, I, Caolan(Gaolan Island), I.Nicou-ko (Hebao Island) ,Shang-chwen Shan(Shangchuan Island) was and the macao surrounding islands were depicted in this map.
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Note:
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Macao and its Surroundings
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Geographic Area:
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Macao (China)
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Geographic Area:
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Pearl River (China)
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Relation Note:
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From Antoine François Prévost’s "L’Histoire générale des voyages". Hague : Pierre de Hondt, 1747-1767. 21 vols. (v.7, p. 448).
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Pub Title:
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L’Histoire générale des voyages
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Pub Author:
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Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763.
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Pub Year:
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[1749]
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Pub location:
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[Hague]
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Provenance:
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Harvard Map Collection - Harvard College Library
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MUST holding:
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http://10.20.100.239/record=b1388955
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