Yu ji tu.
Scale ca. 1:5,000,000. Stone rubbing dated 1933? One of the earliest stone maps, it consists of 5,110 grids, each grid is approximately 100 li. Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Shows coast lines, Yellow River, Yangtze River and its branches, Tai Lake, Dongting Lake, and Fanyang Lake. Prev. call#: G7820 1136.L51 AACR2: 651
- Date
- 1933
- Scale
- 1:5,000,000
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 9,849 × 10,117 pixels
Public domain
Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
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