Island of Amoy

COLLECTION NAME:

Old Maps Collection

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MUST~2~2

Old Maps Collection

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Barcode:

3687800354571E

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3687800354571E

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Title:

Island of Amoy

title

Island of Amoy

Title

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Original Title:

[Ile d'] Amoy

full_title

[Ile d'] Amoy

Original Title

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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

false

Type:

Manuscripts

type

Manuscripts

Type

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Language:

English

language

English

Language

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Create Year:

1699

date

1699

Create Year

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Format:

JPEG 2000, 7312 × 9464, 135.6MB

format

JPEG 2000, 7312 × 9464, 135.6MB

Format

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Scale:

[ca. 1:110,000]

scale

[ca. 1:110,000]

Scale

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Physical Map Dimension (cm):

78 x 60 cm, on sheet 83 x 68 cm

obj_height_cm

78 x 60 cm, on sheet 83 x 68 cm

Physical Map Dimension (cm)

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Note:

This chart represents Xiamen, also known as Amoy from Hokkien pronunciation, beside the Taiwan Strait. The Portuguese first reached Xiamen in 1541 but it was The British East India Company traded extensively with the port, constructing a factory there in 1678, marked on the map as 'English Fictory'. The trade and continued until the imposition of the Canton System, however, despite restricting Western trade to the port of Guangzhou, the Spanish were still allowed to trade in Xiamen. Nonetheless, they rarely used this privilege as Chinese traders would ship their goods from Xiamen to Manila and vice versa, which was more profitable for both sides. The chart displays quite a number of soundings and tidal heights for entering the bay and approaching the port.

note

This chart represents Xiamen, also known as Amoy from Hokkien pronunciation, beside the Taiwan Strait. The Portuguese first reached Xiamen in 1541 but it was The British East India Company traded extensively with the port, constructing a factory there in 1678, marked on the map as 'English Fictory'. The trade and continued until the imposition of the Canton System, however, despite restricting Western trade to the port of Guangzhou, the Spanish were still allowed to trade in Xiamen. Nonetheless, they rarely used this privilege as Chinese traders would ship their goods from Xiamen to Manila and vice versa, which was more profitable for both sides. The chart displays quite a number of soundings and tidal heights for entering the bay and approaching the port.

Note

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Note:

Original is a manuscript watercolor chart on parchment, 78 x 60 cm.

note

Original is a manuscript watercolor chart on parchment, 78 x 60 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 with a fleur-de-lis indicating north, colored red, blue, yellow, green and magenta. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are black, half-winds in green and quarter-winds in red.

note

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

Note

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Note:

Scale line in miles in yellow, red and blue interchangeably.

note

Scale line in miles in yellow, red and blue interchangeably.

Note

false

Note:

Latitude line on the right border of the map in blue.

note

Latitude line on the right border of the map in blue.

Note

false

Note:

Relief shown pictorially and bathymetric relief by soundings.

note

Relief shown pictorially and bathymetric relief by soundings.

Note

false

Note:

Toponyms on land in black and on water in red.

note

Toponyms on land in black and on water in red.

Note

false

Note:

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

note

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

Note

false

Note:

Map in yellow border.

note

Map in yellow border.

Note

false

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. 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. 68

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. 68

Reference

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Subject:

Nautical charts

subject

Nautical charts

Subject

false

Subject:

Waterways

subject

Waterways

Subject

false

Geographic Area:

Xiamen Region (Fujian Sheng, China)

geographic_area

Xiamen Region (Fujian Sheng, China)

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/cb40781800s

Provenance

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Provenance Call No.:

GE SH 18 PF 179 DIV 15 P 5 RES

original_call_no

GE SH 18 PF 179 DIV 15 P 5 RES

Provenance Call No.

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MUST holding:

https://must.primo.…

must_holding

https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/1dp55m9/alma991003012949805076

MUST holding

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