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Dutch Atlas of China, 1655
Map of Quantung (Guangdong) Province, showing the coastal location of Macau. This provincial map and the maps of other Chinese provinces in this atlas were based on the cartographic compilations of the Jesuit missionary Martino Martini and published by the noted Dutch publisher Joan Blaeu.
"Quantung, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Duodecima."
In Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio (Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1655). G2305.M34 1655 Vault. |
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British Buccaneer Atlas, 1696
Prepared for and used by the notorious British pirate Bartholomew Sharpe, this manuscript atlas depicts the east coast of Africa and the Asian coast from the Red Sea along India, Ceylon, the East Indies, and Southeast Asia to China. Soundings are indicated in the coastal waters. Macau is shown on this linked page, which covers part of the coast of southern China and Aynam (Hainan) Island.
William Hacke, [Untitled chart showing coast of southern China and Aynam Island].
In A Description of the Sea Coasts, Rivers, etc. (Manuscript atlas, ca. 1690). G2201.P5H2 1690 Vault. |
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French Atlas of China, 1737
Map of Quang-Tong (Guangdong) Province from a mid-eighteenth-century French atlas of China. The cartouche highlights the European trading connections with the Chinese merchants in this region.
Jean d'Anville, "Province de Quang-Tong."
In Nouvel Atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie Chinoise (Paris: H. Scheurleer, 1737). G2305.A5 1737 Vault. |
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French Plan of Macau, 1764
This generalized map of the city and port of Macau, which appeared in a multi-volume maritime atlas published by the French publisher, Jacques Nicolas Bellin, provides one the earliest depictions of the city's street pattern and the location of some of the important buildings. It also identifies a "Chinese village" adjacent to the European city.
"Plan de la Ville et du Port de Macao."
From Bellin, Le Petit Atlas Maritime, Tome lll, No. 57(Paris, 1764). G7823.M2 1764 .B38 TIL. |
