Military and Traffic Maps
處州鎮標右營松陽汛塘圖
Military Map of Songyang Battalion| Hanyu Pinyin | Chuzhou Zhen Biaoyou Ying Songyang xun tang tu |
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| Date | Qing Jiaqing period, 1796-1820. |
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| Techniques | Pen-and-ink manuscript |
| Material | paper |
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| Identifier | British Library |
| Link to Original Database | http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/... |
| Notes | Add. MS. 16361 ( C) |
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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. Having no town wall but four direction gates, Songyang County is depicted with simple lines on the map. Military units and posts are depicted pictorially, accompanied with annotations to record boundaries of each military unit, number of soldiers, and neighboring counties. Red labels are affixed to the map to indicate neighboring counties such as Xuanping, Longquan, and Suichang.
Songyang Battalion was under the jurisdiction of the Right Battalion of Chuzhou Division and stationed soldiers had been reduced to less than 30 in 1877. Comparing this map with “Military Map of Chuzhou Prefecture” (Add. MS. 16361 (B)) of Jiaqing period in the British Library’s collection, the numbers of soldiers in Songyang Battalion are about the same. These two maps may have been drawn around the same time during Qing Jiaqing period, 1796-1820.
This map can be contrasted with the following maps in the National Palace Museum’s collection: Zhejiang Chuzhou Fu shu di li yu tu (map no. 020969); Zhejiang Chuzhou Fu di yu tu shuo (map no. 021311); Zhejiang Chuzhou Fu dao li tu (map no. 021497); Zhejiang quan sheng dao li zong tu (map no. 021505-021506); Zhejiang quan sheng tu (map no. 021589); and the Library of Congress collection: Zheijiang quan tu (gm 71005029); Zhejiang yan hai yao kou quan tu (gm 2002626763); Qiantangjian yan an tu (gm 71005077).
Songyang Battalion was under the jurisdiction of the Right Battalion of Chuzhou Division and stationed soldiers had been reduced to less than 30 in 1877. Comparing this map with “Military Map of Chuzhou Prefecture” (Add. MS. 16361 (B)) of Jiaqing period in the British Library’s collection, the numbers of soldiers in Songyang Battalion are about the same. These two maps may have been drawn around the same time during Qing Jiaqing period, 1796-1820.
This map can be contrasted with the following maps in the National Palace Museum’s collection: Zhejiang Chuzhou Fu shu di li yu tu (map no. 020969); Zhejiang Chuzhou Fu di yu tu shuo (map no. 021311); Zhejiang Chuzhou Fu dao li tu (map no. 021497); Zhejiang quan sheng dao li zong tu (map no. 021505-021506); Zhejiang quan sheng tu (map no. 021589); and the Library of Congress collection: Zheijiang quan tu (gm 71005029); Zhejiang yan hai yao kou quan tu (gm 2002626763); Qiantangjian yan an tu (gm 71005077).
