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Post-War Atlas of China, 1948 w/ color maps
Post-War Atlas of China, 1948 w/ color maps
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Heading: (China)
Author: Ding, Wenjiang; WenJing Won, Shiying Zeng, editors
Title: New Atlas of the Provinces of China. Post-war Revised Version.
Place Published: Shanghai
Publisher:Shun Pao Agency
Date Published: 1948
Description:


15 pp. Text in Chinese. With numerous color maps covering the 36 provinces and regions. 26.4x19.8 cm (10½x8"), folding printed wrappers. Fifth Edition.



Published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Shun Pao [Newspaper] Agency, which came into being in 1872. Intended to be more factual than previous maps and incorporating latitude and longitude.


Shun Pao was in business for 77 years and produced 25,600 issues. It is the most lasting and influential newspaper in contemporary Chinese history. In the foreword, Won says that previous maps were not made factually. The mapmakers were generally good at drawing the outlines of rivers, but depended on relational knowledge rather than measured distances for topographic detail.

Condition
Wrappers toned and soiled, with touches of wear along edges; toning to maps, some minuscule edge tears; very good.
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