A detailed map of Hong Kong

WAR OFFICE.

Map of Hong-Kong and of the Territory Leased to Great Britain Under the Convention Between Great Britain and China Signed at Peking on the 9th of June 1898.
War Office, 1905-1922. Colour lithographic map. Sheet 670 x 845mm.

Some creasing, undissected, laid on archival linen.

A large and detailed map of Hong Kong, recording the changes made by the Second Convention of Peking, in particular the leasing of the 'New Territories' (south of the Shenzhen River in Xin'an County, including New Kowloon, Lantau and outlying islands) to the United Kingdom for 99 years, rent-free. Originally published in 1905, this example is an updated edition of 1922. Unusual to find this map undissected as they were usually cut and issued as folding maps.


Stock ID : 23457