Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Sons Ltd. Map. Color lithograph. Sheet measures 28 x 39". This large circa 1940 map by John Bartholomew depicts China, Japan and Korea in incredible detail. Covers from the Gulf of Martaban South Sakhalin and includes all of Korea, Japan and China. Color coded to show elevation, the map notes numerous cities, towns, roads, rivers, railways, canals, shipping routes, islands and a host of other topographical features. Coastal features are also detailed. A key in the..... More

Paris: Bellin, Nicolas, 1764. Map. Copper plate engraving. Uncolored. Image measures 8 1/4" x 6 1/2". This impressive map or sea chart details the mouth of the Chiang River in the Fujian Province of modern day China. The map covers part of the modern day city of Fuzhou on the southeastern coast of China just west of Taiwan or Formosa. Incredibly detailed, the map notes towns, fortifications, islands, bridges, rivers and mountains with beautifully rendered topography. Several coastal features are..... More

Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu. Map. Hand colored engraving. 19 1/2" x 23 1/2". Classic Blaeu map of China and Tartary. Shows from the Caspian Sea to the South China Sea. The great wall of China is finely rendered but most of the geography is still unknown. More detail appears along the Western portion of the silk road. Latin text verso. Commentary throughout in Latin. Repairs to lower center margins, otherwise good condition. One of the most prolific Dutch mapmakers of his..... More

Taipei: Nan Hua Publishing Co., 1971. Map. Offset lithograph. 31 1/8" x 21 1/2". Taipei: Nan Hua Publishing Co., (1971) Bright and colorful map of Taichung, an industrial city on the western side of central Taiwan. Divided by color to show district, public buildings and points of interest are labeled in red. A numbered index indicates hotels. Parks are colored in green, and rivers and canals in blue. Streets are labeled. In inset in the lower margin features a smaller..... More

Paris: Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, 1752. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Together measure 39" x 28". This fine antique map dates to 1752 and depicts Southeast Asia, China, Korea, Japan and the East Indies. The map is in two panels and incredibly detailed with numerous place names labeled, especially in the northern sheet covering China, Korea and Japan. As we move to the southern sheet and the East Indies, these lesser known kingdoms at the time are not densely..... More

London: Laurie & Whittle, 1794. Sea chart. Hand colored copper plate engraving. Image measures 19.5" x 25". This lovely 1794 sea chart depicts Yelong Bay or Galloon Bay on the southern coast of Hainan (Haynan), China. Rhumb lines emanate from the center of the map, spreading out in every direction toward the highly detailed coastlines of the peninsula and its surrounding islands. Xizhou (Turtle Island), Dongzhou (Rocky Island), and Yeshudao (Middle Island) are identified, as is a freshwater lake. Depth..... More

Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, 1988. Map. Full-color lithograph. Sheet measures 22 1/2" x 36" Incredibly detailed topographical map of Mount Everest issued in 1988 by the National Geographic Society in a joint research effort with the Boston Museum of Science with the support of His Majesty's Government of Nepal, and the National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping the People's Republic of China. Extensively labeled, the map shows stone walls, shelters, and houses, trails, ruins, lakes, rivers, crevasses, moraines, rocks..... More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. Map. Lithograph with original coloring. Image measures 12 x 14.25. Sheet measures 13.5 x 16.25 inches. Small chip at right edge. In very good condition. This beautiful map of China was issued in 1844 by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge or SDUK. It depicts China from the Burma or Myanmar north to Chinese Tartary. Incredibly detailed, the map notes several important towns, cities, regions, rivers, mountains and other topographical features. The Great..... More

London: J. Rapkin, 1851. Map. Steel engraving with original hand colored outlining. Image measures 10 1/2" x 14 1/2". This map of China and Burma offers both geographical and cultural overviews. Map also extends to parts of Tibet, Bhutan, Assam, and Bengal in the west, Mongolia in the north, Korea and Liaoning in the northeast, Siam and Lao in the south. China and Burma are abundantly labeled with the names of cities, counties, rivers. The decorative vignettes around the map..... More

Brussels: Vandermaelen, Phillipe Marie, 1827. Map. Large format lithograph with original hand outline color. Image measures 18.75" x 19 1/8". Sheet measures 21" x 27". Shows some foxing and a few tears to edges. Beautifully detailed map that shows Bejing ("Pekin") and surrounding provinces. Mountains are delicately treated with hachure marks and major rivers and waterways are also shown. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique, sur l'echelle de 1/16411836". The atlas was the..... More

Brussels: Vandermaelen, Phillipe Marie, 1827. Map (set of 4). Large format lithograph with original hand outline color. Each image measures 18.75" x 20 5/8", 18 5/8" x 20 5/8", 18.5" x 20 3/8", Beautifully detailed set of four regional maps of northern China and southern Mongolia. Mountains are delicately treated with hachure marks and major rivers, waterways and cities are also shown. Notable inclusions from the west to the east: Plate 44 shows the very northwestern tip of China (Xinjiang..... More