Antique Map of Three Cities of China's Hubei and Hunan Provinces by Bellin, 1755

Reference
BGJC-00135
Maker
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (Artist)
Date
1755
Region
Asia
Category
Antique Map
Sheet size
25.5 x 39.0 cm (10.0 x 15.4 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 165

Antique print titled 'Plans de Quelques villes de la province de Hou-Quang.'

Three bird's-eye view plans of walled cities in what are now China's Hubei (Hou-Quang) and Hunan Provinces on a single plate from Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire Generale des Voyages. From left to right, the plans are of Yongzhou (Yong Tcheou Fou), now in Hunan Province; Wuhan (Vou-Tchang-Fou), capital of Hubei Province; and Huangzhou (Hoang-Tcheou-Fou), now an urban district of the Hubei city of Huanggang.

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