Die Chinesische Küste : der Provinz Kuang-tung, zu beiden Seiten des Meridians von Macao.

A striking, rare and attractive large-scale early 19th century chart of the mouth of the Pearl River focusing on the region around present-day Macao and Hong Kong. The top left of the engraving is filled with a detailed plan of Macao surrounded by smaller engravings of Tiger Island, the Bocca Tigris, Lantao and a profile of Macao, and the famous view of Luis de Camoens' Grotto at Macao with detailed annotations and description below. A detailed inset lower center shown Harlem & Bias Bays to the North of Mirs Bay. Hong Kong is well detailed and named with Ty-tam Bai also indentified. Lantau and Lamma are also well detailed. The lower and right hand areas are filled with well-detailed profile views of the Islands, coastlines, and shores of the Pearl River area.
Depth shown by soundings and hachures.
"Berghaus' Atlas von Asia, no. 16"
Originally appeared in: Atlas von Asia.
Includes a lengthy annotations on the Chart's sources and on the topography of Macao, Canton and the Pearl River area.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.