Panorama of the Yangtse [Yangzi River] from Chungking [Chongqing] to I-ch'ang [Ichang, Yichang], intended to show navigational conditions on the river, commissioned by the East Szechuan [Sichuan] Military Command

Hand-drawn and coloured plates.


Order number: CWML MSS 502
Date(s) of creation: [1892]
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWML MSS 502
callnumber CWML MSS/502
callnumber_txt CWML MSS/502
callnumber-sort CWML MSS/502
prefix_number 502
title Panorama of the Yangtse [Yangzi River] from Chungking [Chongqing] to I-ch'ang [Ichang, Yichang], intended to show navigational conditions on the river, commissioned by the East Szechuan [Sichuan] Military Command
scb_date_creation [1892]
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 52 plates
format Archive
scb_admin_history The Yangzi River has for centuries been an important conduit for goods and people travelling in inland China. In the late nineteenth century, as foreign maritime trade with China grew, the Yangzi River also became essential to foreign trading ambitions in China.
description Hand-drawn and coloured plates.
scb_access_status Open
language Chinese
language_search Chinese
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWML MSS
hierarchy_sequence CWML_MSS.00502