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MACAU: A SELECTION OF CARTOGRAPHIC IMAGES
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Selected Maps and Views of Macau: 1655-1764 | 1787-1806 | 1834-1952 | 1988-1991

Selected Maps and Views of Macau: 1988 - 1991


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Chinese Tourist Map Published in Peking, 1988

Published in Beijing, this map carries only street and place names in Chinese. On the verso, there are selected pictures of the more important buildings.


Aomen di tu = Map of Macao.
(Beijing: China Cartographic Publishing House, 1988).
G7823.M2 1988 .C5 MLC.
Chinese Tourist Map Published in Hong Kong, 1990

Published in Hong Kong, this map has both a Chinese and an English title, with street names provided in Chinese and Portuguese and introductory text in English and Chinese. A tourist map, it identifies important government buildings, hotels, and religious sites.


Aomen, Zhuhai = Map of Macau and Zhuhai.
(Hong Kong: Universal Publications, 1990?).
G7823.M2 1990 .T8.
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Modern Map of City of Macau, 1990

This large-scale map (1:5,000) published by the Portuguese cartographic service in Macau provides a detailed depiction of the streets and other urban developments within the city of Macau. Street names are provided in Chinese and English.


Macao = [Ao-men]
([Macau]: Direcção dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro, 1990).
G7823.M2 1990 .M3 MLC.
Modern Map of the Territory of Macau, 1991

Published in Macau by the Portuguese cartographic service, this map shows the three areas that constitute the Territory of Macau–the peninsula of Macau, and the islands of Taipa and Colôane, which are connected by causeways. This detailed map, at a scale of 1:20,000, portrays physical relief with contours, which are overlaid by a variety of symbols in black depicting the urban development within the territory.


Territorio de Macau.
([Macau]: Direcção dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro, 1991),
G7823.M2 1991 .M3 MLC.
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Macau Maps Home - Introduction - Acknowledgments
Selected Maps and Views of Macau: 1655-1764 | 1787-1806 | 1834-1952 | 1988-1991

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