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LAURIE, [Robert] [and] [James] WHITTLE A Chart of the China Sea

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The first chart to name Hong Kong

£10,000

By LAURIE, [Robert] [and] [James] WHITTLE, 12th May 1794.

GYGER, Hans Conrad Nova descriptio ditionis Tigurinae, regionumq[ue] finitimarum = Neüe Beschreibung der Landschafft Zürich.

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Gyger’s rare map of the Canton of Zurich: “the earliest relief map in existence”

£12,000

By GYGER, Hans Conrad, 1685

HALL, Admiral Sir William Hutcheon Canton River and adjacent islands from the latest surveys.

A map of Canton and Hong Kong by “Nemesis Hall”

£1,200

By HALL, Admiral Sir William Hutcheon, 1845

BLAEU, Johannes Quantung, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Duoecima.

First Western Map of Quantung

£3,500

By BLAEU, Johannes, 1655

STAUNTON, Sir George An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China.

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A fine copy of Staunton’s account of Macartney’s embassy to China.

£10,000

By STAUNTON, Sir George, 1797

HORSBURGH, James To Chas Marjoribanks Esqre and the other Members of the Honble East India Company's Factory at Canton. This Chart of Choo Keang or Canton River, Is Inscribed by Their Obedient Servant, Jas Horsburgh.

Horsburgh’s chart of the Pearl River Delta

£20,000

By HORSBURGH, James, July 1831 corrections to 1841.

NORIE, John William A New Chart of the China Sea, and East India Archipelago,

“…being the best for LEAKY VESSELS, during the strength of the S.W. Monsoon”

£5,750

By NORIE, John William, Jan.y 1st, 1821, additions to 1832.

[GASTALDI, Giacomo; after] India tercera nuova tavola.

One of the earliest maps to reference Singapore

£600

By [GASTALDI, Giacomo; after], 1574-73].

SANSON, Nicolas Les Isles Philippines Molucques et de la Sonde

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Sanson’s Philippines

£900

By SANSON, Nicolas, 1654

LE SAGE, P. Carte depuis la fin du Detroit de la Sonde jusqu'a la fin D'Etroit de Banca faitte en l'anne 1734 – [Singapore Strait] – [South China Sea].

Charting a voyage of nearly two thousand nautical miles from the Sunda Strait to Hong Kong

£87,000

By LE SAGE, P., 1734

SIMPSON, W. J. Report on the causes and continuance of plague in Hongkong and suggestions as to remedial measures

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Uncovering the mystery of the Hong Kong Plague

£3,600

By SIMPSON, W. J., 1903

[VERBIEST, Ferdinand] [The Western Hemisphere].

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Canton printing of the Western part of Verbiest’s seminal world map

£80,000

By [VERBIEST, Ferdinand], 1860].