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"A chart of the Yellow Sea and part of the Continent of China (on Mercator's...

IMAGE number: BL3308642
Image title: "A chart of the Yellow Sea and part of the Continent of China (on Mercator's projection); in the former of which is laid down the tract of the Hindostan and Lion for every day by the chronometer, and the soundings from the streight of Formosa, to the last anchorage in the Gulph of Pe-tech-li; and in the latter are drawn those rivers or canals that open communications between the northern and southern parts of the Empire;" drawn by J. Barrow in 1794.
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: A collection of eighty views, maps, portraits and drawings illustrative of the Embassy sent to China under George, Earl of Macartney, in 1793; drawn chiefly by William Alexander, some by Sir John Barrow, Bart, some by Sir Henry Woodbine Parish, and one by William Gomm. Many of them are engraved in Sir George Staunton's Narrative of the Embassy, published in 1797. Engraved in Sir George Staunton's Account of Lord Macartney's Embassy, atlas, No. 65. Author: Barrow, Sir John / Illustrator: Barrow, Sir John 1794 Source/Shelfmark: Maps 8 TAB.c.8.65. Ms. 2 f. 4 in. x 1 f. 8 in, accompanied with a Ms. note.; 71 x 51 cm.
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: China / Asia / cartography / seas / asia / 18th century / chart / maps / sea / map / cartographic / carte

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