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Mawangdui Topographic Map

Silk map showing the topographic features of the area covered by the Han dynasty state of Changsha and the kingdom of Nanyue, corresponding to parts of the modern provinces of Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi. Found in 1973 in Tomb 3 of the Mawangdui Western Han tomb complex. Datable to circa 168 BC. Map was folded five times into 32 sections which later disintegrated along the folds into thirty-two sheets. Dimensions: 96 × 96 cm. Scale: approximately 1:18,000. Oriented with south to the top. See also Mawangdui Military Map.

Place
Nanyue
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
2,929 × 2,889 pixels

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