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"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. |
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| 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 |
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