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CHINESE ATLAS. -- DINGLE, John Edwin, editor. The New Atlas and Commercial Gazetteer of China, a work devoted to its geography & resources and economic & commercial development. Edited by Edwin John Dingle. Containing 25 bi-lingual maps, with complete indexes, and many coloured graphs. Compiled and translated from the latest and most authoritative surveys and records by the staff of the Far Eastern Geographical Establishment. Shanghai, China: Published by the North-China Daily News & Herald, Ltd. [1917?]
2° (535 x 387 mm). 18 colored graphs and diagrams; 26 colored maps (11 double-page) and 2 half-page colored maps. Original publisher’s gilt-lettered blind-stamped black morocco.
FIRST EDITION of the largest and most comprehensive atlas of China in English published to that date. It contains detailed surveys of Chinese geography, commerce, economics and education, a trade research section, and sections on Chinese production, railways, communications, forestation, geology, fauna and flora. The commercial section gives detailed information on China's exports and imports, the opium, silk, tea and treasure trades. Also of special note is a list of the “Principle commodities of the World's commerce compiled with special reference to the economic and commercial development of China.”
Maps: no. 1. Chihli. -- no. 2. Shantung. -- no. 3. Honan. -- no. 4. Shansi. -- no. 5. Shensi. -- no. 6. Kansu. -- no. 7. Szechwan. -- no. 8. Hupeh. -- no. 9. Hunan. -- no. 10. Kiangsi. -- no. 11 Anhwei. -- no. 12. Kiangsu. -- no. 13. Chekiang. -- no. 14. Yunnan. -- no. 15. Kweichow. -- no. 16. Kwangsi. -- no. 17. Kwangtung. -- no. 18. Fukien. -- no. 19. Manchuria. -- no. 20. Sinkiang. -- no. 21 Mongolia. -- no. 22. Tibet. -- no. [23] Forestry map of China. -- no. [24-25] New productions map of China. -- no. [26] Railway map of China. Inset: Sketch map of Manchuria.
A second, expanded edition was published shortly after the first edition, probably in 1918, although it too is undated.
“The New Atlas and Commercial Gazetteer of China seeks to give all information that is essential to the business-man in regard to a country that comprises nearly a sixth of the earth's surface, a country that has the largest and most heterogeneous population in the world, a country about which less is known than in regard to any similar area in the world” (Preface to the second edition).
2° (535 x 387 mm). 18 colored graphs and diagrams; 26 colored maps (11 double-page) and 2 half-page colored maps. Original publisher’s gilt-lettered blind-stamped black morocco.
FIRST EDITION of the largest and most comprehensive atlas of China in English published to that date. It contains detailed surveys of Chinese geography, commerce, economics and education, a trade research section, and sections on Chinese production, railways, communications, forestation, geology, fauna and flora. The commercial section gives detailed information on China's exports and imports, the opium, silk, tea and treasure trades. Also of special note is a list of the “Principle commodities of the World's commerce compiled with special reference to the economic and commercial development of China.”
Maps: no. 1. Chihli. -- no. 2. Shantung. -- no. 3. Honan. -- no. 4. Shansi. -- no. 5. Shensi. -- no. 6. Kansu. -- no. 7. Szechwan. -- no. 8. Hupeh. -- no. 9. Hunan. -- no. 10. Kiangsi. -- no. 11 Anhwei. -- no. 12. Kiangsu. -- no. 13. Chekiang. -- no. 14. Yunnan. -- no. 15. Kweichow. -- no. 16. Kwangsi. -- no. 17. Kwangtung. -- no. 18. Fukien. -- no. 19. Manchuria. -- no. 20. Sinkiang. -- no. 21 Mongolia. -- no. 22. Tibet. -- no. [23] Forestry map of China. -- no. [24-25] New productions map of China. -- no. [26] Railway map of China. Inset: Sketch map of Manchuria.
A second, expanded edition was published shortly after the first edition, probably in 1918, although it too is undated.
“The New Atlas and Commercial Gazetteer of China seeks to give all information that is essential to the business-man in regard to a country that comprises nearly a sixth of the earth's surface, a country that has the largest and most heterogeneous population in the world, a country about which less is known than in regard to any similar area in the world” (Preface to the second edition).