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寧波府六邑及海島洋圖

Military Map of Ningbo Prefecture
Hanyu Pinyin Ningbo fu liu yi ji hai dao yang tu
Date Before the 21st year of Qing Daoguang's reign, -1841.
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Identifier British Library
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Notes Maps 188.kk.1 (4)
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No title appears on this map; the title applied here is based on content. Scale and legend are not given; orientation is marked along the borders on all four sides with north at the top. Ningbo Prefecture originally governed five counties: Yin, Cixi, Fenghua, Dinghai, and Xiangshan; in the 27th year of Qing Kangxi’s reign, 1688, the Dinghai County was renamed as Zhenhai County, and the new Dinghai County was established and later upgraded to sub-prefecture in the 21st year of Qing Daoguang’s reign, 1841. Prefectures, counties, and cities are depicted pictorially with town walls; islands and mountains are also shown pictorially. The other features are explained in the annotation. This is an official coastal defense map.         
        
The map emphasized on the coastal areas is under Dinghai Division jurisdiction. Battalion and coastal defense boundaries are marked with red lines. Based on the administrative names appeared on the map, it may have been drawn before the 21st year of Qing Daoguang’s reign, 1841. It is an official coastal defense map.        
        
This map can be studied with the following maps in the National Palace Museum’s collection: Zhejiang Ningbo Fu di yu tu shuo (map no. 020965); Zhejiang Ningbo Fu dao li tu (map no. 021491); Zhejiang Ningbo Fu shu di li yu tu (map no. 021510); Zhejiang Fujian yan hai hai fang tu (map no. 020869); Shimen Zhen bei di er zhan zhi Haining Xian Tangqi Zhen Daying dao li tu shuo (map no. 020819); Zhejiang Sheng hai tang tu (map no. 020880); Zhejiang Shaoxing Fu shu di li yu tu (map no. 020966); Zhejiang Shaoxing Fu di yu tu shuo (map no. 021309); Zhejiang Shaoxing Fu dao li tu (map no. 021492); Zhejiang Shaoxing Fu shu di tu (map no. 021520); and the Library of Congress collection: Zheijiang quan tu (gm 71005029); Zhejiang yan hai yao kou quan tu (gm 2002626763); Ning Jun di yu tu (gm 71002469); Qiantangjian yan an tu (gm 71005077); Jiang hai quan tu (gm 71005059).