Charte von China nach Murdochischer Projection entworfen… inset: Insel-Gruppe Lieu-Kieu oder der Likejos-Inseln Zwischen Formosa und Japan [Map of China in Murdoch Projection with inset: Riu-Kiu Islands]

Description

hand-coloured copper engraving.

Uncommon map of China prepared by H.F.A.Stieler, with parts of Taiwan, Tibet, Mongolia and the Korean peninsula, with a great many place names, a key to (and brief explanations of) municipal symbols, and a glossary of Chinese geographic terms. The inset on the lower right edge of the map shows the “Lieu Kieu” islands between Japan and Taiwan, the source of the current territorial dispute between Japan and China.