China.- Second Opium War.- Anonymous (probably The
China.- Second Opium War.- Anonymous (probably The British Admiralty Office) Plan of the Mouth of the Pei-ho River [Hai River, Beijing], manuscript outline map showing the Taku Forts, British and French fortifications alongside numerous waterways and roads, pen and black ink, watercolour on large sheet of handmade Chinese laid paper, without any watermarks, 690 x 850 mm (27 1/4 x 33 1/2 in), large loss to central section, old folds and handling creases, numerous nicks and losses, mainly to edges but some within the sheet, remains of silk edge to lower and lower left edge, minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1860]
⁂ The present map confirms closely to the topographic information found in the printed map Pei-Ho or Peking River Sheet 1 From Entrance To Ko-Ku from a survey by Mr. A.E. Ploix Engenieur Hydrographe of the French Imperial Marine 1858.
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China.- Second Opium War.- Anonymous (probably The British Admiralty Office) Plan of the Mouth of the Pei-ho River [Hai River, Beijing], manuscript outline map showing the Taku Forts, British and French fortifications alongside numerous waterways and roads, pen and black ink, watercolour on large sheet of handmade Chinese laid paper, without any watermarks, 690 x 850 mm (27 1/4 x 33 1/2 in), large loss to central section, old folds and handling creases, numerous nicks and losses, mainly to edges but some within the sheet, remains of silk edge to lower and lower left edge, minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1860]
⁂ The present map confirms closely to the topographic information found in the printed map Pei-Ho or Peking River Sheet 1 From Entrance To Ko-Ku from a survey by Mr. A.E. Ploix Engenieur Hydrographe of the French Imperial Marine 1858.
