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A new map of China drawn from surveys made by order of the Emperor

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Title: A new map of China drawn from surveys made by order of the Emperor
Creator: Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784
Contributor: Millar, George Henry. New and universal system of geography
Date Created and/or Issued: 1782
Publication Information: G. Millar
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: Asian Maps Collection
Rights Information: East Asian Library, Archival Research Center, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0154
Public domain
Send requests to address or e-mail given.
kklein@usc.edu
Description: Relief shown pictorially.
"Engraved for Millar's New complete and universal system of geography."
Imprint pencilled on map verso.
Prime meridian: Ferro and London.
Decorated title cartouche includes figures in native dress in front of a pagoda.
Hand-colored copper engraving, prined on chain-lined paper.
Sea of Korea referred to as "Sea of Korea."
Type: image
Format: 1 map
34 x 38 cm., on sheet 37 x 42 cm.
maps
Identifier: seakorea-m86 [Legacy record ID]
EAMC_084
http://doi.org/10.25549/seakorea-m86
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/EAMC_084.jpg
Language: English
Subject: China--Maps--Early works to 1800
Maps--England--1782
G7810 1782 .K62
Place: Scale ca 1:6,500,000 (E96º -- E135º / N45º -- N17º).
China
not after 1782
Source: Sea of Korea Map Collection, map no. EAMC-84 [Identifying number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation: Asian Maps Collection
Sea of Korea Map Collection
seakorea-m174
Provenance: Lee, David

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