Canton

Antique maps, plans and views of Canton (Guangzhou), from Bellin and Schley’s eighteenth-century Pearl River and city prospe...

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Antique maps, plans and views of Canton (Guangzhou), from Bellin and Schley’s eighteenth-century Pearl River and city prospects to nineteenth-century Opium War scenes and twentieth-century harbour plans. The collection includes work after Nieuhof and George Child, Royal Navy intelligence mapping, town plans, street and architectural views, and local coverage of Whampoa, Honan Island, the Pearl River delta and approaches towards Macau and Hong Kong.

Antique maps, plans and views of Canton (Guangzhou), from Bellin and Schley’s eighteenth-century Pearl River and city prospects to nineteenth-century Opium War scenes and twentieth-century harbour plans. The collection includes work after Nieuhof and George Child, Royal Navy intelligence mapping, town plans, street and architectural views, and local coverage of Whampoa, Honan Island, the Pearl River delta and approaches towards Macau and Hong Kong.

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