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Fujian guangdong haifang hanghaitu

a private collection

Hong Kong Maritime Museum

Hong Kong Maritime Museum
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

This coastal defence and navigation chart of Fujian and Guangdong areas shows the details of the Pearl River Delta. Coastal charts had been made since the Ming dynasty to oppose invasions by pirates. Various navigation information is shown, including wind shelters used by ships, and there is an annotation that the waters between Kowloon and Hung Heong Loo (Hong Kong Island) are nine zhang deep (ninety Chinese feet, or approximately thirty metres), hence suitable for boats to be moored in this area while sheltering from the wind.

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  • Title: Fujian guangdong haifang hanghaitu
  • Creator: a private collection
  • Provenance: a private collection
Hong Kong Maritime Museum

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