Item #24419 Historical and Commercial Atlas of China. Albert Herrmann.
Historical and Commercial Atlas of China.
Historical and Commercial Atlas of China.

Historical and Commercial Atlas of China.

Cambridge, Mass: Cambridge Harvard University Press, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Harvard-Yenching Institute, Monograph Series Volume I. Atlas containing highly detailed maps, with historical maps of the dynasties, and economic and political maps of contemporary modern (1930s) China, including: the Chinese Republic with Tibet and Mongolia; Modern Northwestern & Northeastern China; and Modern Manchuria (inset of Mukden). Maps provide data on a variety of topics, from political, agriculture & livestock, minerals and mining, traffic and communications, to Chinese abroad.

Albert Herrmann was professor of historical geography at Berlin University; this atlas followed on his studies of the Chinese silk route and Chinese cartography of Western regions.

Small folio,112pp, with 60 double page color maps, Index, bibliography, and a list of 2,922 Chinese characters translated to English. Original publisher's yellow cloth with red titles. Corners slightly bumped; internally very good condition, the maps bright and clean. Very good condition. Item #24419

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