China. Great Wall. Insular Korea. "Lamton" Lantau Hong Kong. MOLL 1709 old map

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China. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Herman Moll. Provenance: "The Compleat Geographer: or, the Chorography and Topography of all the known parts of the Earth", by Herman Moll. Third edition. Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black Swan in Paternoster Row and Timothy Childe at the White Hart at the West End of St. Paul's Churchyard. Type: Antique copperplate map. Curiously, the Korean peninsular is shown as an island. The Great Wall is prominently marked as "Wall to keep out the Tartars". Macao is marked opposite "Lamton Pt", which we take to refer to Lantau Island

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Size: 2374px × 3356px
Location: China
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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