AGSL GeoDiscovery

China _ east coast

Alternative Title:

Approaches to Amoy (Ssu-ming)

Description:

From British surveys to 1915 ; published Apr. 1892, at the Hydrographic Office, under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy.

Depths shown by soundings; relief by drawings, shading, and spot heights.

1935 variation compasses.

Buoy legend, text under "Chinese system of buoys and beacons."

Shows shoals, reefs, drainage, islands, towns, various buildings (such as "British post office," "Race course"), marshland, roads, railroads.

Descriptive text, such as "Cultivated plain" and "Ruins of walled city."

Authorities include Admiralty charts 1767, 1959.

Old names and Wade-Giles transliterated names (1943).

No. 1322.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/yr278kj4768

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/yr278kj4768

Language:

eng

Creator:

United States, Hydrographic Office.

Publisher:

U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Navigation and Coasts

Theme:

Land cover

Date Issued:

1945

Spatial Coverage:

China--Xiamen (Xiamen Shi) and China

Rights:

Image from the Map Collections courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections at brannerlibrary@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false