Shinagawa Tadamichi (sold) (品川忠道)
Shinagawa Tadamichi (品川忠道; December 19, 1841 - 1891) was a Japanese diplomat active in Japan and China during the second half of the 19th century. He was born in Nagasaki and began his career as a Dutch interpreter before entering the Ministry of Public Affairs. From August of 1872, he was Japan's first Consul-General in Shanghai, China. The Sino-Japanese Friendship Treaty (Sino-Japanese Amity Regulations) established formal diplomatic relations between China and Meiji Japan in 1871. One year later, on January 29 of 1872, the Meiji government opened an embassy in Beijing, and a consulate in Shanghai. Shinagawa Tadamichi was appointed to be the first Japanese Consul-General of Shanghai.
AKA: 品川忠道
One of the earliest printed maps of Shanghai and the first Japanese map of Shanghai.
清國上海全圖 / Shinkoku shanhai zenzu. / Qīng guó shànghǎi quán tú. / Qing Shanghai Full Map.
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- File Size: 29.06 MB
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An extraordinary discovery, this is the first Japanese map of Shanghai, China, and one of the earliest printed maps of Shanghai. Published in 1873, or Meiji 6, this large format map covers Qing Shanghai's old foreign district. From the conflux of the Huangpu ... (more details)
Extraordinary early manuscript map of Shanghai, China.
[Shanghai, China]
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- File Size: 12.79 MB
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This is an outstanding map of great significance, an 1874 (Tongzhi 13) manuscript version of the 1873 Shinagawa Tadamichi Map of Qing Shanghai, China. This large format map covers Qing Shanghai's old foreign district. From the conflux of the Huangpu River and the Wusong River, the map extends westward to, roughly, the modern day Xisang Middle Road, south to, roughly, Fangbang Middle Road, and eastward along the Huangpu River to the Dalian Road Tunnel. Houses appear in red, roads are yellow, rivers are green, and open land is uncolored. (more details)