Artist / Author / Cartographer:
Thomson, John & Co.
Title:
China
Date:
1815
Medium:
copper engraving, original colour
Size:
57.5 x 50.7 cms.
Description:
Drawn & Engraved for Thomson's New General Atlas Edinburgh 1815.
The Scottish publishers John Thomson & Co. were working in Edinburgh from 1813 until 1869. They published a New General Atlas in 1814, 1817, 1819 and 1828.
This elegant map of China appeared was engraved by R. Scott in Edinburgh in 1815 and would therefore been included in the atlas of 1817. Formosa appears slightly distorted in the north east of the Island.
Framed.
References:
Item Code:
MA0079
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