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    Da Qing tong shu zhi gong wan guo jing wei di qiu shi fang yu gu jin tu
    大清統屬職貢萬國經緯地球式方輿古今圖 / | Da Qing tong shu zhi gong wan guo jing wei di qiu shi | The Great Qing Dynasty world map of tribute-bearing countries with spherical coordinates, past and present
    Scale ca. 1:60,000,000. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows the world in 2 hemispheres. Also shows coordinates and dotted lines on the map. Based on "Zhi fang hui lan si yi tu shuo" produced in 1794. Prime meridian: Beijing LC copy imperfect: very fragile, some pieces missing. Includes text and insets of the complete map of the world and complete map of the 4 oceans. Available...
    • Contributor: Zhuang, Tingfu
    • Date: 1794-01-01
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    Nansenbushū bankoku shōka no zu
    南瞻部洲萬國掌菓之圖 / | Bankoku shōka no zu
    Shows the world, based on knowledge from numerous famous Chinese and Japanese classics and Buddhism. Depths shown pictorially. Wood block print. Map and author, Hōtan, listed in Imago Mundi's Review of early cartography, v. 10, 1954. "... prototype of Buddhist world maps." Bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 94-37
    • Contributor: Sōshun
    • Date: 1710-01-01
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    Tian xia zong yu tu
    天下總輿圖
    Covers the world, 17 provinces of Qing Dynasty, Xinjiang, and Mongolian tribes. Shows administrative system of Jiaqing period (1801-1820). Wood block print. Gift; Arthur William Hummel; 1930, no. 3. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Previous call no.: G2305.T46
    • Date: 1890

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    Sekai daisō no zu.
    世界大相圖
    Wood block print. Relief shown pictorially. Single set of characters readable as either Japanese or Chinese. Box title. LC copy annotated with brush and ink on verso of maps: Dai 24-gō. On verso of map [1]: Shumi Nan'enbudai. On verso of box cover: Bunsei 13 [1830]. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. [1] 閻浮提図附日宮図. 文化 5 [1808]...
    • Contributor: Zontō
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    Jing ban tian wen quan tu.
    京板天文全图。
    Pictorial map. Shows two hemispheres, the territory, administrative divisions, and topographical features of the Qing Empire. Wood block print on linen. Relief shown pictorially. Based on map of China drawn by Huang Lizhou in 1673. Includes notes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Prev. call#: G7821.A5 1800 Y8 ARP
    • Contributor: Ma, Junliang
    • Date: 1797-01-01
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    Kun yu wan guo quan tu
    坤輿萬國全圖 | Great universal geographic map
    Relief shown pictorially. Title from Web page (viewed on April 20, 2010). Sheets individually numbered, e.g. Si fu. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Online version of the map on an exhibition at the Library of Congress that opened from Jan. 12 to April 17, 2010. The main map shows an oval shaped world map, includes insets...
    • Contributor: Ricci, Matteo - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
    • Date: 1602-01-01

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    San cai yi guan tu
    三才一貫圖 / | Map of the three powers unified
    Wood block print. Relief shown pictorially. Primary coverage includes maps of China and the world, and astronomical map of the polar regions (northern and southern hemispheres). Includes chronological table of Chinese history (the dynasties), charts of the 8 phenomena, maps of the planets and their orbits, excerpts of Chinese classic literature (Daxue), etc., and other writings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web...
    • Contributor: Lü, Weifan - Lü, Fu
    • Date: 1722-01-01
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    Da Qing wan nian yi tong tian xia quan tu.
    大清万年一统天下全图 | The great Qing Dynasty's complete map of all under heaven
    Scale ca. 1:2,500,000. Covers from Korea to India, from Russia to Brunei. Shows the world known to the Chinese, with China at the center of the map. Wood block print. Relief shown pictorially. Based on the original map drawn by Huang Qianren in 1767. Hummel purchase 1930, no. 18. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text....
    • Contributor: Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William) - Huang, Qianren
    • Date: 1811-01-01
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    Jing ban tian wen quan tu
    京板天文全图 / | Complete map of astronomy and the Qing Empire
    Scale not given. Shows two hemispheres, the territory, administrative divisions, and topographical features of the Qing Empire. Wood block print, hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Based on map of China drawn by Huang Lizhou in 1673. Includes text, lists of provinces, and maps of 2 hemispheres. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Previous call number: G7820 1800...
    • Contributor: Huang, Zongxi - Ma, Junliang
    • Date: 1790-01-01
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    Kun yu quan tu.
    坤舆全图
    Wood block prints. Shows the world in two hemispheres. Relief shown pictorially. Based on the world map of Joannes Blaeu. Translated title: Double Hemisphere Map of the World. Includes ill. and text. Gift; Arthur William Hummel; 1930, no. 5. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Verbiest, Ferdinand - Blaeu, Joan - Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William)
    • Date: 1674-01-01
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    Da Qing yi tong tian xia quan tu
    大清一統天下全圖
    This rare Chinese map of the world is an important example of Chinese cartography from the early 19th century. The map is a hand-colored wood-block print, first published in Beijing by Zhu Xiling. China is at the center of the map, which shows the Great Wall, Lop Nur Desert, provincial divisions, provincial and regional capitals, military outposts, local settlements, and the main waterways and...
    • Contributor: Zhu, Xiling
    • Date: 1818
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