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	Main Author:		Magini, G.
	Title/Description:		Tartariae Imperium
	Publication Info:		[Padova: 1621]
	Date:		1621
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	Original Source:		Birmingham Public Library Cartography Collection

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	Main Author:		Mercator, Gerardus (info)
	Title/Description:		China
	Publication Info:		London: Samuel Purchas, 1625
	Date:		1625
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	Original Source:		Birmingham Public Library Cartography Collection

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	Main Author:		Jansson, Jan (info)
	Title/Description:		China
	Publication Info:		Amsterdam: 1651
	Date:		1651
	Scale:		1:38,000,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Blaeu, Willem Janszoon (info)
	Title/Description:		Suchuen, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Sexta
	Publication Info:		Amsterdam: c.1655
	Date:		1655
	Scale:		1:2,201,760
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Ogilby, John (info)
	Title/Description:		China Fockien
	Publication Info:		London: 1673
	Date:		1673
	Scale:		not indicated
	Original Source:		Birmingham Public Library Cartography Collection

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	Main Author:		Mallet, Alain Manesson (info)
	Title/Description:		La Chine
	Publication Info:		Paris: Alain Manesson Mallet, 1683; from Description de l'Univers
	Date:		1683
	Scale:		1:1,556,800
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria
	Title/Description:		Xantung, e Peking
	Publication Info:		Venice: [1692]
	Date:		1692
	Scale:		1:1,140,000
	Original Source:		Birmingham Public Library Cartography Collection

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	Main Author:		Haas, Johann Matthaus
	Title/Description:		Regni Sinae vel Sinae Propriae
	Publication Info:		[Nuremburg: 1730]
	Date:		1730
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	Original Source:		Birmingham Public Library Cartography Collection

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	Main Author:		d'Anville, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon (info)
	Title/Description:		Province de koei - Tcheou
	Publication Info:		Paris: 1735
	Date:		1735
	Scale:		1:2,090,880
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		d'Anville, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon (info)
	Title/Description:		Province de Kiang - Nan (China)
	Publication Info:		Paris: 1735
	Date:		1735
	Scale:		1:2,090,880
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		d'Anville, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon (info)
	Title/Description:		Province de Pe-Tche-Li (China)
	Publication Info:		Paris: 1735
	Date:		1735
	Scale:		1:2,090,880
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		d'Anville, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon (info)
	Title/Description:		Province de Se-Tchuen
	Publication Info:		Paris: 1735
	Date:		1735
	Scale:		1:2,090,880
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Seutter, Matthaeus (info)
	Title/Description:		Opulentis simum sinarum Imperium juxta recentissimam delineationem in suas Provincias Disterminatum
	Publication Info:		Augsberg: 1740; from Atlas Novus
	Date:		1740
	Scale:		1:6,336,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		La Chine Avec La Korée et Les Parties De La Tartarie Les Plus Voisines
	Publication Info:		Amsterdam: Jacob Van Der Schley, 1747; tirée des Cartes que les Jesuites Missionaires ont levees les Annes 1708 jusqu'en 1717
	Date:		1747
	Scale:		1:10,454,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bowen, Emanuel (info)
	Title/Description:		A New and Accurate Map of China
	Publication Info:		London: T. Woodward and S. Birt, 1747; Drawn from Surveys made by the Jesuite Missionaries, By Order of the Emperor, The Whole Regulated by Numerous Astronomical Observations; page 961 from Volume 2 of John Harris' Navigantium Atque Itinerarium Bibliotheca
	Date:		1747
	Scale:		1:10,138,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Harris, John
	Title/Description:		The Embassadors Entry Through The Famous Chinese Wall Near 1200 Miles in Length
	Publication Info:		London: John Harris, 1747; page 939 from Volume 2 of Harris' Navigantium Atque Itinerarium Bibliotheca
	Date:		1747
	Scale:		oblique view
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Harris, John
	Title/Description:		Tunxo in the Province of Peking
	Publication Info:		London: John Harris, 1747; page 940 from Volume 2 of Harris' Navigantium Atque Itinerarium Bibliotheca
	Date:		1747
	Scale:		oblique view
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Harris, John
	Title/Description:		Plans of the Old and New City of Peking Ye. Metropolis of China
	Publication Info:		London: John Harris, 1747; page 962 from Volume 2 of Harris' Navigantium Atque Itinerarium Bibliotheca
	Date:		1747
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	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Harris, John
	Title/Description:		A Plan of the City of Canton on the River Ta ho
	Publication Info:		London: John Harris, 1747; page 359 from Volume 1 of Harris' Navigantium Atque Itinerarium Bibliotheca
	Date:		1747
	Scale:		oblique view
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		L'Empire De La Chine
	Publication Info:		Amsterdam: Jacob Van Der Schley, 1748; from L'Histoire Generale Des Voyages
	Date:		1748
	Scale:		1:9,821,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Carte De L'Isle De Cheu-Chan ou Isle De Chusan De La Province De Che-Kiang Avec Les Costes et Isles Voisines
	Publication Info:		Paris: Didot, 1748; from A.F. Presvost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Tome VI, No.3
	Date:		1748
	Scale:		1:615,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Carte De L'Entrée De La Riviere De Canton
	Publication Info:		Paris: Didot, 1748; from A.F. Presvost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Tome V, No.16
	Date:		1748
	Scale:		1:550,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Carte Des Isles Qui Sont A L'Embouchure De La Riviere De Canton
	Publication Info:		Paris: Didot, 1748; from A.F. Presvost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Tome VI, No.7
	Date:		1748
	Scale:		1:450,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		La Chine avec La Corée
	Publication Info:		Paris: Didot, 1748; from A.F. Presvost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Tome V, No.15
	Date:		1748
	Scale:		1:12,000,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Plan de la Ville de Louvo
	Publication Info:		Paris: Didot, 1748; from A.F. Presvost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Tome IX, No.3
	Date:		1748
	Scale:		1:14,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Plans de Quel ques villes de la Province de Hou-Quang
	Publication Info:		Paris: Didot, 1748; from A.F. Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Tome v no 20
	Date:		1748
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	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Plan de l'enceinte de la ville de Nan-King ou Kyang - Ning and Plan de la ville de Su-tcheou-fou
	Publication Info:		Paris: Didot, 1748; from A.F. Provost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Tome v no 19
	Date:		1748
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	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Carte de la Petite Bukharie et Pays Voisins
	Publication Info:		Paris: 1749
	Date:		1749
	Scale:		1:8,551,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Carte de la Tartarie Occidentale
	Publication Info:		Paris: 1749
	Date:		1749
	Scale:		1:8,050,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Villes De La Province De Chensi-S-Ngan-Fu [and] Tchouang Lan ou Chwang Lan
	Publication Info:		Paris: Didot, 1749; from A.F. Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Tome VI, No.5
	Date:		1749
	Scale:		1:70,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Lan-Tcheou ou Lan-Chew [and] Can Tcheou ou Kan-Chew [and] Tchin-Ywen-Fou ou Chin-Ywen-Fu
	Publication Info:		Paris: Didot, 1749; from A.F. Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Tome VI, No.6
	Date:		1749
	Scale:		various scales
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Carte De La Tartarie Orientale
	Publication Info:		Paris: Didot, 1749; from A.F. Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Tome VII, No.1
	Date:		1749
	Scale:		1:7,920,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Carte De Grande Thibet
	Publication Info:		Paris: Didot, 1749; from A.F. Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Tome VII, No.5
	Date:		1749
	Scale:		1:7,920,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Karte von dem Reiche Hya u. Einem Stucke von Tangut
	Publication Info:		Copenhagen: 1749
	Date:		1749
	Scale:		1:8,807,040
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Carte de L'Empire de Hya et Partie de Tangut
	Publication Info:		Paris: Didot, 1749
	Date:		1749
	Scale:		1:8,807,040
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Vusinyen and Hou - Tcheou -Fou
	Publication Info:		Leipzig: Arkstee and Merkus, 1749
	Date:		1749
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	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Karte von der Kleinien Bukharey und benachbarten Laendern
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	Date:		1749
	Scale:		1:8,807,040
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Carte Du Cours De La Riviere De Tunquin
	Publication Info:		Paris: Didot, 1749; from A.F. Prevost's Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Tome IX, No.2
	Date:		1752
	Scale:		1:940,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Plan de la ville de Peking
	Publication Info:		Paris: Jacques Nicolas Bellin,1754
	Date:		1754
	Scale:		1:54,300
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (info)
	Title/Description:		Plan de la ville de Hang-Tcheou - Fou ou Hang - chew - Fu
	Publication Info:		Paris: 1760
	Date:		1760
	Scale:		1:28,800
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Bowen, Emanuel (info)
	Title/Description:		A New and Accurate Map of China
	Publication Info:		[London: 1762]
	Date:		1762
	Scale:		1:8,000,000
	Original Source:		Birmingham Public Library Cartography Collection

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	Main Author:		Jefferys, Thomas (info)
	Title/Description:		China
	Publication Info:		London: S. and E. Ballard, 1762
	Date:		1762
	Scale:		1:19,000,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bonne, Rigobert (info)
	Title/Description:		Carte de la Tartarie Chinoise
	Publication Info:		Paris: 1771
	Date:		1771
	Scale:		1:10,454,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Cook, James
	Title/Description:		Schets van Typa of van Macho
	Publication Info:		Leiden: James Cook, 1778; from a Dutch edition of Cook's Voyages
	Date:		1778
	Scale:		1:5,871,400
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Bonne, Rigobert (info)
	Title/Description:		Empire De La Chine, Rme. De Corée et Isles Du Japon
	Publication Info:		Paris: Rigobert Bonne, 1780
	Date:		1780
	Scale:		1:12,672,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Buffon, Georges
	Title/Description:		Carte Des Declinaisons et Inclinaisons de L'Aiguille Aimantee
	Publication Info:		Paris: Georges Buffon, c.1780; from Histoire Naturelle
	Date:		1780
	Scale:		1:11,812,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

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	Main Author:		Bonne, Rigobert (info)
	Title/Description:		L' Empire de la Chine
	Publication Info:		Paris: c. 1780
	Date:		1780
	Scale:		1:9,187,200
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Darron, W.
	Title/Description:		China divided into its Greater Provinces according to the Best Authorities
	Publication Info:		London: C. Dilly and G. Robinson, 1785
	Date:		1785
	Scale:		1:11,000,000
	Original Source:		Birmingham Public Library Cartography Collection

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	Main Author:		Alexander, William
	Title/Description:		A sketch of a journey from the Zhe-Hol in Tartany by land to Peking and from thence by water to Hang-Tchoo-Foo in China
	Publication Info:		London: G. Nicol, 1796; from Staunton's An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China
	Date:		1796
	Scale:		1:2,001,600
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		Alexander, William
	Title/Description:		A sketch by compass of the coast of Promontory of Shan-Tung with the track of the ships and soundings of the place of the first making the land to the strait of Mi-a-Tau
	Publication Info:		London: G. Nicol, 1796; from Staunton's An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China
	Date:		1796
	Scale:		1:450,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		La Perouse, Jean Francois de Galaup
	Title/Description:		Carte Generale des decouvertes, faites en 1787 dans les mers de Chine et de Tartarie ou depuis Manille jusqu's Avatscha, par les Fregates Francaises la Boussole et l' Astrolabe
	Publication Info:		Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797; from LaPerouse's Voyages Atlas
	Date:		1797
	Scale:		1:11,009,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		la Perouse, Jean-Francois
	Title/Description:		Plan de la Baie d'Estaing (Russian Pacific Coast)
	Publication Info:		London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798
	Date:		1798
	Scale:		1:53,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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	Main Author:		la Perouse, Jean-Francois
	Title/Description:		Plan de la Baie de Ternai (Russian Pacific Coast)
	Publication Info:		London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798
	Date:		1798
	Scale:		1:67,000
	Original Source:		Courtesy of Antique Atlas

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