Canton, Hong Kong, Macao & Pearl River

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Danish Bellin Canton River c1790

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Scarce late 18th Century Danish edition of Jacques Nicolas Bellin's chart of the Pearl River delta, Macao and Canton

 

Stocklein Sancian 1729

Mapmaker J Stocklein - C Diettel

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A rare early map of the Island of Sancian, site of St. Francis Xavier's death in 1552

 

de Reneville Macao c1725

Mapmaker Rene Constantin de Renneville

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An uncommon early 18th Century view of Macao, derived from Commelin

 

French Admiralty Bocca Tigris 1848

Mapmaker Depot generale de la Marine

£ 425.00

A detailed French Admiralty chart of the Bocca Tigris on the Pearl River as surveyed in 1844

 

Valentyn Macao (2) 1726

Mapmaker Francois Valentyn

£ 775.00

Francois Valentyn's fine pair of early 18th Century Dutch engravings of the Portuguese settlement of Macao

 

Petermann-Nacken Canton 1878

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Interesting thematic map of Canton Province 1878 with inset of Canton

 

Meisner Macao 1638

Mapmaker Daniel Meisner - after Johann Theodore de Bry

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An attractive & uncommon early 17th Century miniature view of the City of Macao

 

Meares Tiger Island 1794

Mapmaker John Meares

£ 150.00

Interesting early view of Tiger Island in the Pearl River estuary

 

Meares Bocca Tigris 1794

Mapmaker John Meares

£ 175.00

An important late 18th Century engraving of the so-called Bocca Tigris or Bogue, heavily protected Chinese defences at the narrows on the river approaches to Canton

 

Harris Canton 1748

Mapmaker John Harris

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An attractive mid-18th Century view of Canton

 

Meares Lantao 1794

Mapmaker John Meares

£ 275.00

The earliest European engraving of the Island of Lantao [1794]

 

 
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