Military and Traffic Maps
青浦縣境輿圖
Map of Qingpu County| Hanyu Pinyin | Qingpu xian jing yu tu |
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| Date | The first year of Qing Tongzhi's reign, 1862. |
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| Techniques | Pen-and-ink manuscript |
| Material | paper |
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| Identifier | British Library |
| Notes | Or. 2338 (32) 5 |
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No title appears on the map; the title applied here is based on content. Qingpu County is under the jurisdiction of Songjiang Prefecture and the county seat is 45 li away from the prefectural seat. The map is drawn in pen-and- ink; the temples, piers, and mountains are depicted in simple pictorial images. All other landmarks are identified by names only. No scale or legend is given. North is at the bottom, judging from locations of the bordering counties on the map. The map covers primarily Qingpu County.
Over 40 red labels are affixed all over the map to record distances from Songjiang to various locations in Qingpu. This is mostly likely a military situation map between Qing army and Taiping army. Songjiang was a strategic battlefield location. Five places on the map indicate the type of armed forces stationed there. The map may have been drawn in the first year of Qing Tongzhi’s reign, 1862. This is one of Charles George Gordon’s No. 32 collection.
This map can be studied with the following maps in the National Palace Museum’s collection: Changjiang di li tu (map no. 020878); Changjiang tu (map no. 020879); Jiangnan ge dao fu tu biao cun (map no. 020923-020941); Jiangnan quan sheng dao li zong tu (map no. 021560); Jiangsu hai fang tu (map no. 021513) and Ping ding yue fei zhan tu san shi jiu zhang (map no. 021283.001-021294.002); and the Library of Congress collection: Jiang hai quan tu (gm 71005059); Qi sheng yan hai quan tu (gm 71005064); Hai jiang yang jie xing shi tu (gm 71005021); Nan bei yang he tu (gm 71005215); Sonan hai tang tu (gm 71005013).
Over 40 red labels are affixed all over the map to record distances from Songjiang to various locations in Qingpu. This is mostly likely a military situation map between Qing army and Taiping army. Songjiang was a strategic battlefield location. Five places on the map indicate the type of armed forces stationed there. The map may have been drawn in the first year of Qing Tongzhi’s reign, 1862. This is one of Charles George Gordon’s No. 32 collection.
This map can be studied with the following maps in the National Palace Museum’s collection: Changjiang di li tu (map no. 020878); Changjiang tu (map no. 020879); Jiangnan ge dao fu tu biao cun (map no. 020923-020941); Jiangnan quan sheng dao li zong tu (map no. 021560); Jiangsu hai fang tu (map no. 021513) and Ping ding yue fei zhan tu san shi jiu zhang (map no. 021283.001-021294.002); and the Library of Congress collection: Jiang hai quan tu (gm 71005059); Qi sheng yan hai quan tu (gm 71005064); Hai jiang yang jie xing shi tu (gm 71005021); Nan bei yang he tu (gm 71005215); Sonan hai tang tu (gm 71005013).
