Collection Items

  • Map
    Qi sheng yan hai tu
    䞃省沿海囟
    "This coastal map of China is one of several such maps in the Library of Congress. The map is similar, in content and format, to the six maps in Chen Luntong's Hai quo wen jian lu (Eyewitness accounts of the coastal regions), made in 1730. The wording of several place-names and other details suggest that this map dates from 1787-1820. An introductory text states...
    • Contributor: Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William)
    • Date: 1881-01-01
  • Map
    Die Chinesische KÃŒste der Provinz Kuang-tung, zu beiden Seiten des Meridians von Macao. A striking, rare and attractive large-scale early 19th century chart of the mouth of the Pearl River focusing on the region around present-day Macao and Hong Kong. The top left of the engraving is filled with a detailed plan of Macao surrounded by smaller engravings of Tiger Island, the Bocca Tigris, Lantao and a profile of Macao, and the famous view of Luis de...
    • Contributor: Berghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm
    • Date: 1834-01-01
  • Map
    Kanton, Konan, Kōsei, Kōso, Taiwan ryokōzu
    廣東湖南江西江蘇台湟旅行圖 / | Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Taiwan lÃŒ xing tu
    Maps in LC collection show mainly Hunan Province. Map 18 shows road from Jiujiang to Nankang Fu (present Xingzi Xian), Jiangxi Province. Road maps intended to cover five provinces: Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, and Taiwan. Relief shown by form lines. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Set imperfect: Wanting maps 1-8 and 19. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. ARP...
    • Contributor: Ozawa, Tokuhei
    • Date: 1888-01-01

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  • Map
    Planta da peninsula de Macau. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Sociedade De Geografia De Lisboa
    • Date: 1889-01-01
  • Map
    [Kanton, Konan, Kōsei, Anki kyokuchizu] Relief shown by form lines. Shows 5 counties (Xian): Yingde, Renhua, Qingyuan, and Hua of Guangdong Province, and Guiyang of Hunan Province. Also shows 5 cities (fu): Hengzhou and Changsha of Hunan Province, Jiujiang in Jiangxi Province, Shaozhou in Guangdong Province, and Anqing in Anhui Province. Title in alternate reading (Chinese): Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui qu di tu. All maps drawn to scale of...
    • Contributor: Ozawa, Tokuhei
    • Date: 1888-01-01

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  • Map
    Plan stolichnago goroda Pekina s okrestnostīiu
    Plan goroda Pekina s okrestnostīiu
    Topographic map of the city of Beijing (2 walled districts) and its surrounding rural areas. Shows government and imperial buildings in the urban areas; and shows roads, villages, individual buildings, tilled fields, and wooded areas in the surrounding rural zone. Relief shown by hachures. In old-orthography Russian. Title from upper map border. Sectioned to 16 panels to enable folding and mounted on cloth backing....
    • Contributor: LadyzhenskiÄ­, Tikhon - Russia. Armiiïž aïž¡. Voenno-Topograficheskoe Depo
    • Date: 1848-01-01
  • Map
    Seizan Gaikakiei Kayakukyoku zu
    西山倖火噚營火藥局圖 / | Kayakukyoku kakuza bōkangō kōsui kōzushiki | Xishan wai huo qi ying huo yao ju tu | Huo yao ju ge zuo fang jian hao gou shui gou tu shi
    Shows layout of gunpowder manufactures, trenches, and buildings. Title from verso. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Sheet imperfect: Worm holes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. ARP
    • Contributor: Fukushima, Yasumasa
    • Date: 1883-01-01
  • Map
    [Beijing cheng jiao tu].
    [北京城郊囟] | Map of Beijing and its environs
    Shows the site of old Summer Palace, Yuanming and the royal hunting park "Nan yuan xing gong" Relief shown by shading and hachures. Title supplied. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Annotated in black ink: Map of Peking & the environs. Drawn by Chinese from European surveys, circa 1886, Peking. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; W.W. Rockhill; 1884.
    • Contributor: Rockhill, William Woodville
    • Date: 1886-01-01
  • Map
    Beijing quan tu.
    北京党囟。 | Complete map of Beijing
    Shows inner and outer city of Beijing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: LI, Mingzhi
    • Date: 1861-01-01
  • Map
    [Yihe Yuan quan tu].
    [颐和园党囟] | Complete view of the Summer Palace
    Perspective map not drawn to scale. Title supplied. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown pictorially. Shows a panoramic view of the Summer Palaces and the grounds before they were reconstructed in 1888. Hummel purchase 1934, no. 7. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Previous call number: G7824.B4:2Y4A35 1887 .Y4 Vault AACR2
    • Contributor: Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William)
    • Date: 1891-01-01
  • Map
    Pekin yori Tenshin ni itaru
    You Beijing dao Tianjin; Cong Beijing zhi Tianjin tu
    Shows cities, towns, villages, winding Grand Canal. Covers Guangqumen in Beijing, passing Zhangjiawan, Anping, Hexiwu, Yangcun, Beicang, to Tianjin. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Numbered on verso: No. 29. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. ARP
    • Contributor: Shibayama, Hisanori
    • Date: 1880-01-01
  • Map
    Pekin kinbō seibu. Shows mountains, rivers, roads, towns, villages, and fields in the western suburb of Beijing. Covers Xichengyuan between Deshengmen and You'anmen in the east, Mentougou in the west, Gu'anzhen in the south, and Changpingzhou in the north. Relief shown by hachures and form lines. Japanese in Chinese characters. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title from verso (in red ink). Available also through the Library of Congress Web...
    • Date: 1880-01-01
  • Map
    [Pekin kinbō zu]. Shows major towns and villages, hills, roads, check points, and topography of Beijing area. Also shows military bases and the roads suitable for military vehicles. Covers Changping Zhou, Gu'an Xian, and Liangxiang Xian in the northwest and southwest part of Beijing. Relief shown by hachures and form lines. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Japanese in Chinese characters. ARP Vault
    • Date: 1880-01-01
  • Map
    Pekin yori Tenshin ni itaru rojōzu
    Pekin yori Hojō-ka kan nifu o hete Tenshin-fu ni itaru rojōzu | Cong Beijing zhi Tianjin lu shang tu; Cong Beijing jing Baoding, Hejian er Fu dao Tianjin Fu lu shang tu
    Shows cities, towns, villages, rivers, ponds, barracks, and roads from Beijing to Tianjin. Relief shown by form lines. Title from verso. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Sheets separately numbered as Dai 1 and Dai 2. Map originally drawn on 2 sheets, as Dai 1 and Dai 2. Dai 1 dissected into 2 sheets. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image....
    • Contributor: Saitō, Miki
    • Date: 1881-01-01
  • Map
    Pekin kinbō no zu, yonmanbun no ichi
    Beijing jin pang zhi tu
    Shows villages, fields, deep ditches, geomorphic scenery in Beijing region. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Annotated in pencil at lower left bottom. Accompanied by 2 blank sheets intended for ancillary map coverage. 2 sheets ; 76 cm. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. ARP
    • Contributor: Tamai, Rōko
    • Date: 1884-01-01
  • Map
    Pekin yori Gyusō ni itaru
    Cong Beijing zhi Niuzhuang lÌ xing tu
    Road map shows area from Peking to Yingkou, in Liaoning Province. Relief shown by form lines. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Map 1 originally drawn on 1 sheet, dissected into 2 sheets. Includes 4 insets of cities and notes. Index map on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. ARP
    • Contributor: Sakawa, Kagenobu
    • Date: 1883-01-01
  • Map
    Pekin kinbō zu
    Pekin kinbōzu | Pekin kinbō
    Shows city walls, streets, villages, forests, temples, pagodas, rivers, and roads. Covers Yanjiao, Xianghe from the east, to Sanjiadian, Liangxiang in the west, from Huairou, Changping, Nankou in the north to Gu'an, Zhuozhou in the south. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink. "Meiji 27-nen seihan." Japanese in Chinese characters. Title from accompanying index sheet. Sheets individually numbered and titled, e.g.: Pekin kinbō dai 1-gō, Ryū-ke...
    • Contributor: Japan. Rikugun. Sanbō Honbu
    • Date: 1894-01-01

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  • Map
    [Beijing Yi he yuan he ba qi bing ying]. Shows Eight Banners Brigade barracks, temples, villages, bridges, mountains, and the Summer Palace. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Pictorial map. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Thomas Goodrich; 2006. Acquisitions control no. 2005-056
    • Date: 1888-01-01
  • Map
    Laizhou Fu Changyi Xian cheng yuan tu.
    萊州府昌邑瞣城垣圖 | Map of Changyi County, Laizhou Prefecture
    Scale ca. 1:5,000. Title from verso. Pictorial map. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Hummel purchase 1930, no. 28. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Previous call number: G7824.C435A5 1850 .L3 Vault AACR2: 650/2; 700
    • Contributor: Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William)
    • Date: 1888-01-01
  • Map
    [Rehe xing gong quan tu].
    [热河行宮党囟] | Panoramic view of the Rehe Imperial Palace
    Perspective map not drawn to scale. Title supplied. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Relief shown pictorially. Bird's-eye-view. Shows the plan of the palace ground in Rehe. Names of points of interest pasted on. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Hummel purchase 1930, no. 31. Previous call number: G7824.C517A3 1890 .G8 Vault Shelf...
    • Contributor: Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William) - Guan, Nianci
    • Date: 1875-01-01
  • Map
    Plan goroda Dalʹniago City street map of Dalian (China) showing public buildings (in red) and block numbers Relief shown by form lines; depths shown by contours and soundings No dates of information or publication are present In Russian Includes statistical table and index of public buildings Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Sakharov, V.
    • Date: 1899-01-01
  • Map
    Fukushū ryakuzu : shūgōzu. Shows mountains, rivers, coastline, villages, roads, islands of Wuhu, Fengwo, Matou, Changqi, Dongsha Zhudao in Fuzhou city and its surrounding counties. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Japanese in Chinese characters. Title from annotation in black ink on verso. Includes inset of "Babikai Zōsenjo kinbō : mitorizu." Indecipherable number annotated in red ink on verso. Available also through the...
    • Date: 1890-01-01
  • Map
    Fu sheng quan tu.
    犏省党囟。 | Complete map of Fujian Province
    Scale ca. 1:20,000. Title annotated in black ink: Chinese map of Foo chou & its suburbs. Manuscript. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Imperfect: right portion missing. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Shows the capital city of Fuzhou, its harbor, and vicinity. English translation of place names annotated in black ink. Belonged to Thomas Dunn, American counsul in Fuzhou (1858-73) and partner in...
    • Date: 1842-01-01
  • Map
    Fukushū nandai no zu
    Plan of the foreign properties at Foo-chow | Fuzhou Nantai zhi tu
    Cadastral map. Shows buildings along Min Jiang in Nantai, Fuzhou. Property owners are recorded in English. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. ARP
    • Contributor: Sawa, Hachirō - Lesgasse, J.
    • Date: 1868-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the city and entire suburbs of Canton Pen-and-ink. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Vrooman, D.
    • Date: 1855-01-01