Military and Traffic Maps
廈門輿圖
Military Map of Amoy| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiamen yu tu |
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| Date | Before the fourth year of Qing Daoguang's reign, -1825. |
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| Techniques | Ink and color manuscript |
| Material | paper |
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| Identifier | British Library |
| Link to Original Database | http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/... |
| Notes | Add. MS. 17722 |
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Scale and legend are not given; orientation is marked along the borders on all four sides with north at the top. Xiamen Island is in the center of the map and surrounded by Gulangyu, Lieyu, Dadan, and Wuzhou islands. Names of the islands are identified, and some islands but also marked with annotation along red lines on the ocean about borders of brigades or battalions. Explanatory text also includes warnings of channel reef. Haicheng County is shown on the bottom left, while Tong’an County is on the upper left. Forts are indicated with town walls; government offices, customs, brigades, temples, villages are indicated with symbols of houses.
Based on the information given, the map is an official military deployment map along the coastal Xiamen. The two camps on the Dadan Island and the one camp on the Xiaodan Island built in the seventh year of Jiaqing’s reign, 1802, are shown on the map, indicating the map was drawn after 1802. Moreover, the annotation records foreign boats and vessels coming in and out of the Qingyu deep-water port, indicating the map may have been drawn before the fourth year of Qing Daoguang’s reign since the Opium trade of foreign boats were forbidden after the fouth year of Qing Daoguang’s reign, 1825.
This map can be contrasted with the following maps in the National Palace Museum’s collection: Fujian Sheng di tu (map no. 021476); Ge sheng yan hai kou ai quan tu (map no. 020867); Yan hai an chang tu (map no. 020868); Zhejiang Fujian yan hai hai fang tu (map no. 020869); and the Library of Congress collection: Fujian quan tu (gm 96685903); Fu sheng quan tu (gm 71002477); Min sheng yan cheng quan tu (gm 71005065).
Based on the information given, the map is an official military deployment map along the coastal Xiamen. The two camps on the Dadan Island and the one camp on the Xiaodan Island built in the seventh year of Jiaqing’s reign, 1802, are shown on the map, indicating the map was drawn after 1802. Moreover, the annotation records foreign boats and vessels coming in and out of the Qingyu deep-water port, indicating the map may have been drawn before the fourth year of Qing Daoguang’s reign since the Opium trade of foreign boats were forbidden after the fouth year of Qing Daoguang’s reign, 1825.
This map can be contrasted with the following maps in the National Palace Museum’s collection: Fujian Sheng di tu (map no. 021476); Ge sheng yan hai kou ai quan tu (map no. 020867); Yan hai an chang tu (map no. 020868); Zhejiang Fujian yan hai hai fang tu (map no. 020869); and the Library of Congress collection: Fujian quan tu (gm 96685903); Fu sheng quan tu (gm 71002477); Min sheng yan cheng quan tu (gm 71005065).
