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Source Description
Shows several "best routes" for shipping.
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Document identity
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wm11d081n
label
China Sea
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
wm11d081n
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
China Sea
description
Shows several "best routes" for shipping.
date
["1850"]
year
1850
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017636B
creators
Horsburgh, James
Bateman, J. (John)
East India Company
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
South China Sea--Maps
Pacific Coast (Asia)--Maps
Nautical charts--South China Sea
subjectsGeographic
South China Sea
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
Nautical charts
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
James Horsburgh
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map on 2 sheets : mounted on linen ; 127 x 99 cm, on sheets 68 x 101 cm
notes
Shows several "best routes" for shipping.
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
"To Capt. D. Ross, and his assistants Lieuts. P. Maughan, P. Crawford, and J. Houghton, of the Bombaymarine; who under the auspices of the Honble. East India Company having performed with arduous zeal a difficult and dangerous exploration of the China Sea, so essential to the safety of navigation, this chart although with an extension of limits, being chiefly constructed from their valuable surveys, is now inscribed as a tribute due to those laudable exertions, by their sincerely obliged friend. James Horsburgh."--Sheet I.
"Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the Honble. East India Company, October 1st 1821--according to Act of Parliament, with additions to 1846."--Lower margin of sheet I.
"Published 1st Feby. 1823, by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the Honble. E.I. Co., according to Act of Parliament. Additions to 1850"--Lower left corner of sheet II.
Includes notes and 43 views of coastlines as seen from the ocean.
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wm11d081n
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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