Print of steel engraving.

Author unknown.

Engraved by G. Boynton.

From „The second book of History, including The modern history of Europe, Africa, and Asia. Illustrated by engravings and sixteen maps, and designed as a sequel to the First book of history, by the author of Peter Perley‘s tales. Thirtd-Fifth edition. Boston: Charles J. Hendee, and Jenks and Palmer. 1839“.

China officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a sovereign state located in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country. The PRC is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party, with its seat of government in the capital city of Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The PRC also claims the territories governed by the Republic of China (ROC), a separate political entity commonly known as Taiwan today, as a part of its territory, which includes the island of Taiwan as Taiwan Province, Kinmen and Matsu as a part of Fujian Province and islands the ROC controls in the South China Sea as a part of Hainan Province, a claim which is controversial due to the complex political status of Taiwan.

Approx. image size 14, 9 x 10, 9/17, 9 x 13, 6 cm.

Condition: medium.