Chinese batsiang boats. Clad in cocoa leaves. China. MIDDLETON 1779 old print

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Chinese batsiangs, or boats, covered with mats, the rowers of which are clad in cocoa leaves. Artist/engraver/cartographer: unknown. Provenance: A New and Complete System of Geography containing a full accurate, authentic and interesting account and description of Europe, Asia, Africa and America etc. by Charles Theodore Middleton printed fo Pater-noster Row, London. Type: Antique copperplate print.

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Size: 2235px × 1699px
Location: China
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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