Military and Traffic Maps
蘇州城郊河道圖
Map of Waterways of Suzhou Suburbs| Hanyu Pinyin | Suzhou cheng jiao he dao tu |
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| Date | Between Qing Xianfeng and Tongzhi period, 1855-1864. |
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| Techniques | Pen-and-ink manuscript |
| Material | paper |
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| Identifier | British Library |
| Notes | Or. 2338 (32) 6 |
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No title appears on the map; the title applied here is based on content. Scale and legend are not given on the map; north is oriented to the bottom based on the geographical layout. This is a waterway distribution map of the suburban Suzhou. This is one of Charles George Gordon’s No. 32 collection. The map may have been drawn during the Qing Xianfeng and Tongzhi period, 1855-1864.
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) and 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 Chneg tu (gm 71005033).
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) and 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 Chneg tu (gm 71005033).
