Map Of China Prepared For The China Inland Mission 1899. Stanford' S Geographical Establishment Asia,China,Folding Map

colour lithographed folding map with outline colour; overall 95 x 110 cm; folds down to 32 x 27 cm. 12 sections of cloth. Map: folds as issued; some wear and tear; paper lifting off in folds; some small paper losses within the image; pin holes in corners; stains on verso on cloth; remnants of paper where the map was attached to the cover; o/w g cond. blueish-green cloth cover; wear and tear, some staining; gold printed title; information sheet on inside; wormhole; o/w fair cond. A huge and very detailed map of China, Corea and Formosa which is regarded as one of the finest general maps of China, produced at the fin-de-siecle. This map is part of a map sequence for the China Inland Mission (CIM), published by Edward Stanford, and the first issue to be based upon the revolutionary cartography of the Russian sinologist Emil Bretschneider, labelling the locations of all the Protestant missions, while interestingly delineating the historical travel routes of the various missionary-explorers who were often the first Westerners to visit many parts of the country s interior. There s a pencil written annotation on the verso, alluding the ownership to Rev.G.W.Hinman , who was a Protestant missionary.