File:Carte Generale de l'Empire Chinois et du Japon.png

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Map of the Qing Empire (China, Mongolia, & Korea) and Japan c. 1820

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English: "General Map of the Chinese Empire and Japan": A map of the Qing Empire and Japan published by J. Andriveau-Goujon at Paris.

Note the lower course of the Yellow River prior to the 1850s floods.

This map or a somewhat later edition was taken by Huc and Gabet during their historic journey across northern China to Lhasa and back in the early 1840s.

Longitude computed relative to Paris.
Date
Source "Carte Generale de l'Empire Chinois et du Japon", p. 32 of Atlas de Choix ou Recueil de Cartes de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne. Hosted at David Rumsey Map Collection.
Author Adrien-Hubert Brué
Other versions
  • 1836 edition printed by C. Picque
    1836 edition printed by C. Picque

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