Island of Hongkong—Hong Kong, Kowloon & surrounding waters—Dennys 1867 old map
£1,000
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'Island of Hongkong'
An unusually early map of the entire British colony, showing Hong Kong’s mountainous interior and deeply indented coast, Victoria on the north shore, Aberdeen and Tytam, neighbouring Lamma and part of Kowloon across the harbour. It records the island only a generation after its cession in 1842 and six years after Britain acquired the Kowloon peninsula: Victoria is already a dense mercantile capital, while much of the island remains topographically dominant and thinly settled. The 1865 census recorded 125,594 inhabitants, including a large boat population and just over 2,000 Europeans and Americans; 2,254 vessels of 1,013,748 tons entered in 1864. The harbour channel, anchorages and coastal settlements supplied practical intelligence for merchants, residents and travellers. Separate examples of this map remain highly elusive: our search found one commercial sale in 2010, but no further dealer or auction record since then.
Size 21 x 28 cm | 8.0 x 11.0 inches
Date Published: 1867
Type: Antique woodblock-printed island map in red
Author: Mayers, Dennys & King
Publication: The Treaty Ports of China and Japan
Condition: Good |
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