Map Shinkoku higashi kaigan Amoi-kō no zu = China east coast, Amoy Harbour

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About this Item

Title

  • Shinkoku higashi kaigan Amoi-kō no zu = China east coast, Amoy Harbour

Other Title

  • 清國東海岸厦門港之圖 = China east coast, Amoy Harbour /
  • China east coast, Amoy Harbour

Names

  • Japan. Kaigun. Suiroryō, cartographer.
  • Nishikawa, Masunosuke.

Created / Published

  • [Tokyo] : Dai Nihon Kaigun Suiroryō, [1872-1876]

Headings

  • -  Harbors--China--Xiamen Shi--Maps
  • -  Nautical charts--China--Xiamen Shi
  • -  China--Xiamen Shi

Notes

  • -  Covers Xiamen from north, to Zhenhai Cheng in the south; from Jinmen Zhen in the east to Dawu shan in the west.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  Copperplate print.
  • -  Publication date inferred from Webpage of Japan Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Feb. 28, 2020; history, Nov. 13, 1872 Kaigunshō Suiroryō established, the first nautical chart published in 1872, changed the name to Kaigunshō Suirokyoku in 1876.
  • -  Notes on map; based on British survey of 1843, new wharf established in 1960, surveyed by compass in 1861.
  • -  "Dai 22-gō."
  • -  Soundings shown in fathoms.
  • -  LC copy has accession date, "Sep. 7. 1904."
  • -  "羅針差千八百六十一年至大異同ナシ・千百四十三年英國海軍艦長ケルレット之ヲ測ス・新修船場千八百六十年築造落成ス."
  • -  "大日本海軍水路寮第弐拾貮號・西川增之助鐫"

Medium

  • 1 map ; 32 x 42 cm, on sheet 37 x 46 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G7824.X5P55 1872 .J3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2002626755

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Japan. Kaigun. Suiroryō, Cartographer, and Masunosuke Nishikawa. Shinkoku higashi kaigan Amoi-kō no zu = China east coast, Amoy Harbour. [Tokyo: Dai Nihon Kaigun Suiroryō, to 1876, 1872] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002626755/.

APA citation style:

Japan. Kaigun. Suiroryō, C. & Nishikawa, M. (1872) Shinkoku higashi kaigan Amoi-kō no zu = China east coast, Amoy Harbour. [Tokyo: Dai Nihon Kaigun Suiroryō, to 1876] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002626755/.

MLA citation style:

Japan. Kaigun. Suiroryō, Cartographer, and Masunosuke Nishikawa. Shinkoku higashi kaigan Amoi-kō no zu = China east coast, Amoy Harbour. [Tokyo: Dai Nihon Kaigun Suiroryō, to 1876, 1872] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2002626755/>.