Carte spéciale de la Chine / par F. Bianconi ; gravé par A. Simon
- Bib ID:
- 10001815
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Bianconi, François Xavier, 1848-19, cartographer
- Scale:
- Scale 1:5,000,000 (E 92°54'00"--E 132°30'00"/N 53°33'00"--N 18°50'00").
- Description:
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- Paris : Librairie Armand Colin, [1900?]
- 1 map : colour, sectioned into 18 panels mounted on cloth backing ; 63 x 79 cm
- Biography/History:
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Francois Xavier Bianconi born in Ajaccio, capital of Corsica. Engineer-geographer. Head architect of railway planning and projects in Romania, Bulgaria and Bosnia. Map designer of railways and mines in ao. Turkey, South Africa, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Malawi.
- Notes:
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- French map of China showing national and provincial boundaries, existing and under construction railway lines, telegraph cables, mines, catholic and protestant missions, and political and economical spheres of influence in China of France, Russia, Germany and Japan. Relief shown by shading.
- As a direct consequence of the events leading to the Boxer Rebellion (1899-1900) and the Eight-Nation Alliance formed in 1900 to suppress the uprising, Bianconi's map suggests to place various territorial parts of China under the "Protectorate or Control of each of the Great Powers" in order to avoid China's military and economic expansion.
- Prime meridian: Paris.
- Includes text and 2 insets: [Eurasie] -- Carte de Takou à Pékin.
- Two insets showing the railway route from the port of Takou to Peking, and the maritime route from Peking to Paris.
- "Imp. Monrocq, Paris, 3 rue Suger"– bottom right.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1900
- Other authors/contributors:
- Simon, A, engraver
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1948
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1900
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