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皇朝直省輿地全圖

Qing Empire's complete map of all provinces
Hanyu Pinyin Huang chao zhi sheng yu di quan tu
Creator Li Peilan
Date Qing Guangxu period, 1896
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Techniques Woodcut in color
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Identifier Library of Congress
Link to Original Database http://lccn.loc.gov/gm71005083
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The legend along the left side of the map explains that this map used the Cosine method because the Zou engraving style is inconvenient for browsing maps in an atlas format. The map uses coordinates with Beijing as the prime meridian. The map covers nineteen provinces within the Great Wall, such as Zhili and Shengjing. There is a list of prefectures, states, and counties. The map also depicts Taiwan and Hainan Island. Taiwan is drawn in the same way as the early Qing map “Huang yu quan lan tu”, and only the western part of the Taiwan is shown. Zou Boqi (1819-1869, style name “Tefu”) was from Nanhai in Guangdong. The "History of Qing Dynasty" noted that Zou Boqi used the Cosine-line method to draw a complete map of China; he is regarded as a pioneer of modern Chinese mapping.        
The map can be used for a comparative study of Chinese and Western map-making skills with the following maps in the National Palace Museum's collection: title: Shi san pai tong ban di tu (map no. 021049-021156); title: Zhongguo di tu (map no. 021504); title: Da Qing wan nian yi tong tian xia quan tu (purchase document no. 002503-002510); title: Huang chao yi tong yu di quan tu (purchase document no. 002800-002807).