Subject: Early maps

accurate map of the East Indies, from the latest improvements and regulated by astronomical observations [map]
AuthorMiddleton, Christopher Theodore, fl. 18th cent.Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784Bowen, Thomas, active 1749-1790
PlaceLondon
Publisher[Bowen?]
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeMap
Series
ShelfMap Case
Call Number[1] G7652.C6 1780 .K5
Description1 map : engraved, color ; 18.8 x 28.2 cm.
NoteAn accurate map of the East Indies from the latest improvements and regulated by astronomical observations / [by Christopher T. Middleton].
"14 x 9 inches, hand-colored copper engraving on laid paper. A detailed map of Southeast Asia and India, from Middleton's "Complete System of Geography". Includes a decorative title cartouche."
Vendor and most sources ascribe this to Christopher Middleton. OCLC records ascribe this variously to: Thomas Kitchin (1718-1784) or Thomas Bowen (active 1749-1790).
Scale ca. [1:20,000,000] (E 60°--E 120°/N 35°--N 0°).

See Cartoteca Digital for zoomable monochrome version.

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Cartografia portuguesa antiga
AuthorCortesão, Armando, 1891-1977
PlaceLisboa
PublisherComissão Executiva das Comemorações do Quinto Centenário da Morte do Infante D. Henrique
CollectionBibl. Sinensis Soc. Iesu
Edition
LanguagePortuguese
TypeBook
SeriesColecção henriquina ; 08
ShelfStacks
Call NumberGA1011.C278 C778 1960
Description195 p. : ill., port. ; 19 cm.
NoteCartografia portuguesa antiga / Armando Cortesão.
Includes index and errata slip.
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LCCN84-213000
Huangyu soulan : Meiguo guohui tushuguan suocang Ming-Qing yutu 皇輿搜覽 : 美國國會圖書館所藏明清輿圖 = Reading imperial cartography : Ming-Qing historical maps in the Library of Congress
AuthorLibrary of CongressZhongyang yanjiuyuan 中央研究院 [Academia Sinica]Zhongyang yanjiuyuan Shuwei wenhua zhongxin 中央硏究院數位文化中心Ehrenberg, Ralph E., 1937-Xie Guoxing 謝國興Lin Tianren 林天人Zhang Min 張敏, 1964-Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
PlaceTaibei Shi 臺北市, Washington, D.C.
PublisherLibrary of Congress
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageChinese, English
TypeAtlas
Series
ShelfGold Room Folio
Call NumberG2306.S1 L5 2013
Description1 atlas (444 pages) : col. maps ; 37 cm.
NoteHuangyu soulan : Meiguo guohui tushuguan suocang Ming-Qing yutu 皇輿搜覽 : 美國國會圖書館所藏明清輿圖 = Reading imperial cartography : Ming-Qing historical maps in the Library of Congress / [zongcehua Xie Guoxing 總策劃謝國興, Ralph E. Ehrenberg ; bianzhuan Lin Tianren ; Yingwen bianyi Zhang Min 編撰林天人 ; 英文編譯張敏].
"Published by the Academia Sinica Digital Center in association with the Library of Congress"
Scale not given.
Relief shown pictorially.
Text in Chinese, English (中英对照)
Inscribed by Ralph E. Ehrenberg.

1. 全國政區總圖 [General maps] -- 2. 地方行政區圖 [Local administrative maps] -- 3. 河運水利及河工圖 [Flood control and embankment maps] -- 4. 軍事交通圖 [Military and traffics maps] -- 5. 城市地圖 [City maps] -- 6. 邊界及周邊國家 [Political and boundary maps] -- 7. 山陵寺廟宮苑帝陵 [Maps of temples, palaces and royal gardens] -- 8. 民生经济圖 [Maps of social and economic conditions] -- 9. 複合式地圖 [Mixed-theme maps].

Publisher note:

Reading Imperial Cartography: Ming-Qing Historical Maps in the Library of Congress
皇輿搜覽 - 美國國會圖書館所藏明清輿圖
Author/Editor: Lin, Tien-jen. Translator: Zhang, Min.
Publisher: Published by Academia Sinica Digital Center in association with the Library of Congress
Date of Publication: 2013.11
ISBN: 978-986-03-9363-7

The bi-lingual annotated atlas contains 157 pre-1900 historical Chinese maps from the Library of Congress. The maps selected for the book are either of academic significance, made with exquisite craftsmanship or rare to be seen among the collection institutes. They are organized into 9 categories: (1) general maps (2) local administrative maps (3) flood control and embankment maps (4) military and traffics maps (5) city maps (6) political and boundary maps (7) maps of temples, palaces and royal gardens (8) maps of social and economic conditions (9) mixed-theme maps.

The book is published in both in English and Chinese. The contents include preface, introduction, map descriptions, and an appendix of the historical Chinese maps collected in the Library of Congress. Each map description contains the bibliographic information, notes on the map content and a reference for relative study. Part of the Chinese maps housed in the Library of Congress used to be imperial collection, but were scattered into other countries at the end of the Qing dynasty.

The publication is carried out by Academia Sinica Digital Center as a continuing effort to further expand the outcome of the Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program (TELDAP) which ended in 2012. This publication project derived from a sub-project under the "International Collaboration and Promotion of TELDAP", titled "Searching for the Qing Court Maps - The Digital Program of Seeking the Scattered Chinese Historical Cartography."

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ISBN9789860393637 ; 986039363X
LCCN2014589565