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1799 Clement Cruttwell Map of China, Korea, and Taiwan

China-cruttwell-1799
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1799 Clement Cruttwell Map of China, Korea, and Taiwan

China-cruttwell-1799


Title


China.
  1799 (dated)     14 x 16 in (35.56 x 40.64 cm)

Description


A fine 1799 map of China by the English mapmaker Clement Cruttwell. Includes the modern day provinces of Sichuan (Setchuen), Yunnan, Fujian (Fokien), Zchejiang (Tche Kiang), Honan (Henan), Shandong (Chan Tong), and Shanxi (Shansi). Also shows abolished provinces, such as Houquang, Koertcheou and Sen-Miaose. Includes Korea (Corea), as well as the Islands of Japan. A legend appears in the lower-left quadrant to identify capital cities, first and second order capitals, and third and fourth order capitals. Identifies the Great Wall. Outline color and fine copper plate engraving in the minimalist English style prevalent in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Mountains and topographical other detail shown by profile. Also makes note of rivers and shoals. Drawn by Clement Cruttwell and published in the 1799 Atlas to Cruttwell's Gazetteer.

Cartographer


Clement Cruttwell (1743 - August 5, 1808) was an English book and map publisher active in Bath and London in the late 18th and early 19th century. Cruttwell was born the son of William Cruttwell, a gentleman of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. As a young man Cruttwell was educated to be an Anglican Reverend and consequently maintained a lifelong interest in religious matters. Throughout his life, he published a number of religious works and geographical gazetteers including several focused on the British Isles and one dedicated to France. Though little is known of Cruttwell today, he was highly regarded in his own time. In his obituary, a period publication, The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure describes Cruttwell as

a gentleman whose various literary performances, for labour, extent, and utility, have rarely been equaled, and, when regarded as the productions of an unassisted valetudinarian, have perhaps never been surpassed.
Cruttwell was also a known correspondent of George Washington to whom he sent his own translation of the Holy Bible, which Washington kept in his personal library until his death. More by this mapmaker...

Source


Cruttwell, C., Atlas to Cruttwell's Gazetteer, 1799.    

Condition


Very good. Original centerfold. Platemark visible. Some offsetting. Moderate overall toning. Blank on verso.