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Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
3687800354570D
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3687800354570D
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Title:
English chart of the island of Amoy
title
English chart of the island of Amoy
Title
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Original Title:
[Carte anglaise de l'île d'Amoy]
full_title
[Carte anglaise de l'île d'Amoy]
Original Title
false
Contributor:
Thornton, John, 1641-1708, cartographer
contributor
Thornton, John, 1641-1708, cartographer
Contributor
false
Category:
Sea Charts
category
Sea Charts
Category
false
Type:
Manuscripts
type
Manuscripts
Type
false
Language:
English
language
English
Language
false
Create Year:
[ca. 1700]
date
[ca. 1700]
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG 2000, 7008 x 8672, 99MB
format
JPEG 2000, 7008 x 8672, 99MB
Format
false
Scale:
Scale not given.
scale
Scale not given.
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
71 x 56 cm, on sheet 76 x 68 cm
obj_height_cm
71 x 56 cm, on sheet 76 x 68 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
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Note:
This is an anonymous chart of Xiamen, also known as Amoy from Hokkien pronunciation, beside the Taiwan Strait, with the western coast of Kinmen county (Quimoy iland). 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 factory'. 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. This is a very similar chart to one signed by John Thornton in the year 1699, however, neither the writing nor the motif of the compass rose correspond. Also the present chart has an informative legend on the left bottom corner of the map.
note
This is an anonymous chart of Xiamen, also known as Amoy from Hokkien pronunciation, beside the Taiwan Strait, with the western coast of Kinmen county (Quimoy iland). 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 factory'. 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. This is a very similar chart to one signed by John Thornton in the year 1699, however, neither the writing nor the motif of the compass rose correspond. Also the present chart has an informative legend on the left bottom corner of the map.
Note
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Note:
Original is a manuscript watercolor chart on parchment, 71 x 56 cm.
note
Original is a manuscript watercolor chart on parchment, 71 x 56 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 and green. 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 and green. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are black, half-winds in green and quarter-winds in red.
Note
false
Note:
Latitude line on the left border of the map in red and yellow interchangeably.
note
Latitude line on the left border of the map in red and yellow interchangeably.
Note
false
Note:
Relief shown pictorially and bathymetric relief by soundings.
note
Relief shown pictorially and bathymetric relief by soundings.
Note
false
Note:
Toponyms in black and red.
note
Toponyms in black and red.
Note
false
Note:
Landmasses outlined in blue, green and magenta with islands colored in blue, green, magenta and yellow.
note
Landmasses outlined in blue, green and magenta with islands colored in blue, green, magenta and yellow.
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
false
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:
China -- Maps
subject
China -- Maps
Subject
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Geographic Area:
China
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China
Geographic Area
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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
false
Provenance:
source
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40781803t
Provenance
false
Provenance Call No.:
GE SH 18 PF 179 DIV 15 P 5/2 RES
original_call_no
GE SH 18 PF 179 DIV 15 P 5/2 RES
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MUST holding:
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https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/1dp55m9/alma991003012949705076
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