A new & accurate map of China

Alternative Title:

A new & accurate map of China

Description:

by Eman. Bowen. Relief shown pictorially. 2 bar scales on map, given in "Li or Chinese furlongs," and "English and French leagues." Oriented with north just to the left of top center. Prime meridians: London and Peking. Index of Chinese names of geographic and man made features. Decorative cartouche with pictorial vignette, compass rose, latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Shows topography, waterways. Descriptive text of origins in Jesuit survey 1708-1717. Appears as the thirty-ninth double map in Bowen's Complete atlas, or, distinct view of the known world, London, 1752.

Creator:

Bowen, Emanuel, -1767

Publisher:

printed for William Innys and Joseph Richardson, Richard Ware, J. and P. Knapton, John Clarke, Thomas Longman, Thomas Osborne, Henry Whitridge, Charles Hitch and L. Hawes, Edmund Comyns, James Hodges, Andrew Millar, Charles Corbett, Jo. and Ja. Rivington, and John Ward,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Date Issued:

1752

Spatial Coverage:

Asia, China, Mongolia, Tibet Region, and Korea

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/jk348nn2372