Local Administrative Maps
常州府武進陽湖兩縣鄉境與橋樑圖
Towns Area and Bridge Distribution Map of Wujin and Yanghu County| Hanyu Pinyin | Changzhou Fu Wujin, Yanghu liang xian xiang jing yuqiao liang tu |
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| Date | Between Qing Daoguang and Xianfeng period, 1836-. |
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| Techniques | Pen-and-ink |
| Material | paper |
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| Identifier | British Library |
| Notes | Or. 2338 (32) 20 |
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No title appears on the map; the title applied here is based on content. The map shows the area of Wujin and Yanghu, the two attached counties of Changzhou Prefecture. It covers the area of 35 townships, bordered by Wuxi to the east, Danyang and Jintan to the west, Yixing to the south and Jiangyin to the north. No scale or legend is given. North is at the top, judging from locations of the bordering counties on the map. There are annotations throughout the map, especially about bridges and floods; townships are written in red and the map is depicted in simple lines. The Grand Canal runs from southeast to northwest. The map also includes text of historical events of Ming Dynasty.
Bridges and ferries dominate the map, but the coverage is not overwhelming in comparison with the local gazetteer that records the details of bridges. The map may have been drawn during mid-Daoguang and Xianfeng period (1836-1855). This is one of Charles George Gordon’s No. 32 collection.
This map can be contrasted 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); Ping ding yue fei zhan tu san shi jiu zhang (map no. 021283.001-021294.002); and the Library of Congress collection: Jiangsu quan tu (gm 71005111); Changjiang shui shi Guazhou Zhen Biaozhong Ying jiang xu quan tu (gm 80692824); Qing jun wei gong Jinling Cheng tu (gm 71005033).
Bridges and ferries dominate the map, but the coverage is not overwhelming in comparison with the local gazetteer that records the details of bridges. The map may have been drawn during mid-Daoguang and Xianfeng period (1836-1855). This is one of Charles George Gordon’s No. 32 collection.
This map can be contrasted 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); Ping ding yue fei zhan tu san shi jiu zhang (map no. 021283.001-021294.002); and the Library of Congress collection: Jiangsu quan tu (gm 71005111); Changjiang shui shi Guazhou Zhen Biaozhong Ying jiang xu quan tu (gm 80692824); Qing jun wei gong Jinling Cheng tu (gm 71005033).
