Property from a Private Collection, Savannah, GA

Description:

Large Map Tracking Shipping Route Between England and China, 1796, large map tracking shipping route between England and China, titled upper edge 'A General Chart, on Mercator’s Projection, to shew the Track of the Lion and Hindustan from England to the Gulph of Pekin in China, and of their return to England, with daily statement of the Barometer and Thermometer as observed at noon; containing also the limits of the Chinese Empire as extended by the Conquests of the present Emperor Tchien-Lung', published by George Nicol, London, 1797 with previous owners note on verso (Shirley (BL Atlases) G.BARR-1a #1). Frame size: 28 1/4 in. x 41 1/4 in.

Measurements: Height: by sight 25 3/8 in. x Width: 38 3/8 in.

Condition:

Overall good condition, toning and foxing, vertical and horizontal creases, not viewed out of frame.

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