Singapore Chinese Booksellers Association (sold)
Singapore Chinese Booksellers Association ( 1947 – Present), also known as 新嘉坡书业公会, was a Chinese-Singaporean coalition of booksellers established to Chinese publishing culture in Singapore. The maintained offices at 19-B Carpenter Street, Singapore. The organization remains active as the Singapore Booksellers and Stationers Association.
First official Bi-Lingual Map of Singapore issued after Malaysian Independence.
Map of Singapore City. / 新嘉坡市區地圖
sold
- Digital Map Information
- Suitable for large format printing
- File Size: 39.44 MB
- File Type: ZIP / TIFF
- ICC color profile embedded
- Delivered instantly via download link
This is an extremely rare large format 1958 first edition map of Singapore in Chinese and English. Being published just one year after the 1957 Treaty of London recognized the independence of the Federation of Malaysia – which then included Singapore - and in the year that Singapore formally attained internal self-governance. The political transition led to a wave of new bi-lingual publications as English was no longer the only official language. Maps in multiple languages became a necessity both for functional and administrative use. (more details)
First official Bi-Lingual Map of Singapore issued after Malaysian Independence.
Map of Singapore City. / 新嘉坡市區地圖
sold
- Digital Map Information
- Suitable for large format printing
- File Size: 99.11 MB
- File Type: ZIP / TIFF
- ICC color profile embedded
- Delivered instantly via download link
This is an extremely rare large format 1958 first edition map of Singapore in Chinese and English. Being published just one year after the 1957 Treaty of London recognized the independence of the Federation of Malaysia – which then included Singapore - and in the year that Singapore formally attained internal self-governance. The political transition led to a wave of new bi-lingual publications as English was no longer the only official language. Maps in multiple languages became a necessity both for functional and administrative use. (more details)