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MAP OF THE SHOOTING DISTRICTS LYING BETWEEN HANGZHOU-NANJINGWUHU AND SHANGHAI. C.
92099201Shanghai 1909. Green cloth covers map opens to 1 m. 20 x 76 cm. linen backed folds down to 16 x 20 cm. coloredkey very clean. Exceptionally RARE ! . . . . FIRST AND ONLY RARE EDITION OF THIS COLOR MAP . . A RARE MONOGRAPH ON FOREIGNERS HUNTING IN NORTH CHINA . SUBTITLE: Continued; . "Brought completely up to date with the inclusion of all Railways open and projected and the Names of Principal Towns are Romanized according to the revised regulations of the Imperial Chinese Post Office names in Chinese Characters in the Mandarin dialect by Helen E. Mann 1909." . With mileage chart railway lines creeks canals towns pagodas swamps provincial boundaries Shanghai tide table. . A grand and large articulating map shows the big areas includes: Nanjing at the upper left; Suzhou and the Yangtze at the top right; Wuhu at far left Taihu Lake in the center; Shanghai at far right; Hangzhou at and the Hangzhou Bay at the bottom; with a tiny village of Isen at the far left bottom. A good number of mountains hills and rice-land paddy shown as well as rivers and creeks. . The map was essentially designed by & for foreigners to locate the best shooting areas with railroad transportation lines noted. Game areas roads "conspicuous tree" villages are shown with landmarks. Nicely executed in color. . This map is also an excellent and most early area map showing Shanghai & Yangtze river estuary. Can be framed suitable for display. . RARE ! Complete with all maps and the matching cloth case exceptionally RARE ! . . unknown
