- Bib ID:
- 5787542
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Dorn, Frank
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Not drawn to scale (E 116°23'18"/N 39°55'44").
- Description:
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- Tientsin-Peiping [China] : Peiyang Press, c1936
- 1 map : col. ; 80 x 65 cm., on sheet 87 x 75 cm., folded in cover 19 x 14 cm. + 1 booklet (22 p.)
- Notes:
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- "A map and history of Peiping; formerly known as Peking; capital of provinces, princedoms, and kingdoms since 1121 B.C.; in 1264 A.D. the capital of the Mongol Empire Kublai Khan; made the capital of the Ming Empire and built as it is today by Yung Lo in 1421; continued as the capital of the Chinese Empire through the Ming and Ching Dynasties; and now a city which will live long in the memory of man as one of the greatest the world has ever known. Completed on this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-six."
- Includes text and col. ill.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234268157
- Subject:
-
- Time Coverage:
- 1936
- Other authors/contributors:
- Peiyang Press
- Also Titled:
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- Alternate title: Map and history of Peiping explanatory booklet
- Alternate title: Peiping
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1936
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