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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
4687820500218
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4687820500218
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Title:
A chart of the China Sea : inscribed to Mons.r D'Aprés de Mannevillette the ingenious author of the Neptune Oriental, as a tribute due to his labours for the benefit of Navigation, and in acknowledgement of his many signal favours to Dalrymple.
title
A chart of the China Sea : inscribed to Mons.r D'Aprés de Mannevillette the ingenious author of the Neptune Oriental, as a tribute due to his labours for the benefit of Navigation, and in acknowledgement of his many signal favours to Dalrymple.
Title
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Contributor:
Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808, hydrographer
contributor
Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808, hydrographer
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Contributor:
Demonville, Antoine Guénard, ca. 1733-1797, printer
contributor
Demonville, Antoine Guénard, ca. 1733-1797, printer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Malassis, Romain-Nicolas, 1737-1813, printer
contributor
Malassis, Romain-Nicolas, 1737-1813, printer
Contributor
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Contributor:
Après de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d', 1707-1780, dedicatee
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Après de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d', 1707-1780, dedicatee
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Category:
Sea Charts
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Sea Charts
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Type:
Printed
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Printed
Type
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Language:
English
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English
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Language:
French
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French
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Language:
Portuguese
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Portuguese
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Language:
Spanish
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Spanish
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Create Year:
[1775]
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[1775]
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Format:
JPEG 6382 × 9476, 64.2MB
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JPEG 6382 × 9476, 64.2MB
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Page No.:
52
description
52
Page No.
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Scale:
[ca. 1:4,500,000]
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[ca. 1:4,500,000]
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
66 x 49 cm, on sheet 84 x 55 cm
obj_height_cm
66 x 49 cm, on sheet 84 x 55 cm
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Note:
This important sea chart was published in the work 'Neptune Orientale' by Jean d' Aprés de Mannevillette, a famous French sailor and hydrographer. During a voyage to China in 1728, he succeeded in correcting the latitudes of many places using new instruments. Back in France he published all the existing maps of the route to China, the Red Sea, the coasts of India, Malaya, the northern parts of Indonesia, Indochina and China. When the first edition of the 'Neptune Oriental' was published in 1745, it was regarded as a major achievement and indispensable to navigators. The depicted area of this particular chart extends from Fuzhou and Taiwan -here still named Formosa- in the north, to the Philippines, Borneo and Bintam, in the south, and shows the whole of the coast of Southern China and Vietnam, including Macao and an unnamed Hong Kong. The China Sea is the busiest waterway in the east thus the importance of such chart. The legend next to the title lists the vessels that had explored the region between 1752 and 1763 providing the extensive soundings of the depicted area. Hundreds of tiny islands are shown and although there is little inland detail, numerous locations are named along the coasts.
note
This important sea chart was published in the work 'Neptune Orientale' by Jean d' Aprés de Mannevillette, a famous French sailor and hydrographer. During a voyage to China in 1728, he succeeded in correcting the latitudes of many places using new instruments. Back in France he published all the existing maps of the route to China, the Red Sea, the coasts of India, Malaya, the northern parts of Indonesia, Indochina and China. When the first edition of the 'Neptune Oriental' was published in 1745, it was regarded as a major achievement and indispensable to navigators. The depicted area of this particular chart extends from Fuzhou and Taiwan -here still named Formosa- in the north, to the Philippines, Borneo and Bintam, in the south, and shows the whole of the coast of Southern China and Vietnam, including Macao and an unnamed Hong Kong. The China Sea is the busiest waterway in the east thus the importance of such chart. The legend next to the title lists the vessels that had explored the region between 1752 and 1763 providing the extensive soundings of the depicted area. Hundreds of tiny islands are shown and although there is little inland detail, numerous locations are named along the coasts.
Note
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Note:
Original is a copper plate printed map,
note
Original is a copper plate printed map,
Note
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Note:
There is a 32-point compass rose on the center of the chart with a fleur de lis indicating north. The rhumb lines for half-winds are dotted.
note
There is a 32-point compass rose on the center of the chart with a fleur de lis indicating north. The rhumb lines for half-winds are dotted.
Note
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Note:
Bathymetric relief shown by soundings.
note
Bathymetric relief shown by soundings.
Note
false
Note:
Map with graticule.
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Map with graticule.
Note
false
Note:
The four borders of the map with latitude and longitude lines.
note
The four borders of the map with latitude and longitude lines.
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
false
Subject:
Pilot guides
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Pilot guides
Subject
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Subject:
Navigation
subject
Navigation
Subject
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Geographic Area:
China Sea
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China Sea
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia
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false
Geographic Area:
Pacific Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
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false
Geographic Area:
Cambodia
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Cambodia
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false
Geographic Area:
Vietnam
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Vietnam
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false
Geographic Area:
Paracel Islands
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Paracel Islands
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false
Geographic Area:
China
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China
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false
Geographic Area:
Hainan Sheng (China)
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Hainan Sheng (China)
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false
Geographic Area:
Taiwan
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Taiwan
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false
Geographic Area:
Philippines
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Philippines
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false
Geographic Area:
Borneo
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Borneo
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false
Relation Note:
52
relation
52
Relation Note
false
Pub Title:
Le Neptune orientale, dédié au roi
pub_title
Le Neptune orientale, dédié au roi
Pub Title
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Pub Author:
Après de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d', 1707-1780
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Après de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d', 1707-1780
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Pub Year:
1775
pub_year
1775
Pub Year
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Pub location:
Paris
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Paris
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Provenance:
Harvard College Library
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Harvard College Library
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Provenance:
source
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990038915830203941/catalog
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Provenance Call No.:
Tower 885
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Tower 885
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MUST holding:
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