Military and Traffic Maps
海疆洋界形勢圖
Coastal map of China| Hanyu Pinyin | Hai jiang yang jie xing shi tu |
|---|---|
| Creator | Anonymous |
| Date | Mid-Qing period, 1787-1801 |
| Measurement | |
| Techniques | Ink and color manuscript |
| Material | paper |
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| Country of Repository | |
| Identifier | Library of Congress |
| Link to Original Database | http://lccn.loc.gov/gm71005021 |
| Acquisition Source | Hummel, Arthur William, 1884-1975 |
| Acquisition Method | |
| Acquisition Date | 1930 |
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The map is made on scrolls and is similar to the other two maps on the same theme: “Hai jiang yang jie xing shi tu” and “Hai jiang yang jie xing shi quan tu.” The map consists of six sheets and is meant to be spread out from right to left and expand slowly with captions as follows: 1. Huanhai quan tu; 2. Qi sheng yan hai quan tu; 3. Qiongzhou tu; 4. Penghu tu; 5. Taiwan tu; 6. Taiwan hou shan tu.
Coastal maps are usually drawn in two styles, depending on location and purpose. Either land or sea is put at the top of the map. On this map, land is at the top and the sea is on the bottom. Orientation varies and the places shown reflect only their relative locations. The map depicts geographical features, such as coast, mountains, islands, reefs, sandbars, and harbors. Provincial, state, county, town, village, and flood control offices are indicated with castles or round towers. The Shanhaiguan pass, the Great Wall, some bridges, towers, and forts are disproportionately sketched. There is explanatory text after each map to describe mountains, rivers, military installations, coastal defenses, waterways, nautical routes, and ports.
The map has several corrected typographical errors that appeared on “Hai jiang yang jie xing shi quan tu”; for instance, the original wording of the first sentence on the first map used “coast” instead of “coastal defense”; in the map of Taiwan, Zhuluo Xian should be “Jiayi Xian” and Zhanghua Xian was misidentified.
This map can be studied with the following maps in the National Palace Museum's collection: title: Hai tu (map no. 020865); title: Ge sheng yan hai kou ai quan tu (map no. 020867); title: Yan hai an chang tu (map no. 020868); title: Zhejiang Fujian yan hai hai fang tu (map no. 020869).
Coastal maps are usually drawn in two styles, depending on location and purpose. Either land or sea is put at the top of the map. On this map, land is at the top and the sea is on the bottom. Orientation varies and the places shown reflect only their relative locations. The map depicts geographical features, such as coast, mountains, islands, reefs, sandbars, and harbors. Provincial, state, county, town, village, and flood control offices are indicated with castles or round towers. The Shanhaiguan pass, the Great Wall, some bridges, towers, and forts are disproportionately sketched. There is explanatory text after each map to describe mountains, rivers, military installations, coastal defenses, waterways, nautical routes, and ports.
The map has several corrected typographical errors that appeared on “Hai jiang yang jie xing shi quan tu”; for instance, the original wording of the first sentence on the first map used “coast” instead of “coastal defense”; in the map of Taiwan, Zhuluo Xian should be “Jiayi Xian” and Zhanghua Xian was misidentified.
This map can be studied with the following maps in the National Palace Museum's collection: title: Hai tu (map no. 020865); title: Ge sheng yan hai kou ai quan tu (map no. 020867); title: Yan hai an chang tu (map no. 020868); title: Zhejiang Fujian yan hai hai fang tu (map no. 020869).
