Pictures of China from the 1884 D. Appleton book The Earth and Its Inhabitants, by Élisée Reclus. Originally written in French, and considered the masterwork of a great geographer, this series ran to nineteen volumes and contained hundreds of engravings and maps. Copies of the books and individual plates are available on eBay, and many volumes are available for full viewing on Google Books. The images shown here came from eBay sales listings by ddrahn.
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China Armed Uyghur (Uighur) Warriors of Chinese Turkestan
1493 visits
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Image 313
1347 visits
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Image 314
839 visits
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Image 315
737 visits
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Image 316
738 visits
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China Fujian Province Street Scene in Kinkiang (Jinjiang-
756 visits
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China High Street in Peking (Beijing)
752 visits
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Image 319
821 visits
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Image 320
984 visits
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China Peking (Beijing) from the Summer Palace
715 visits
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Image 322
1332 visits
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China Shansi (Shanxi) Cliffs on Fen River North of Taiyuan
1204 visits
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China Treaty Port of Hankow (Hankou) on the Han River (Han-Kiang and Yang-Tze Confluence)
1712 visits
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Image 325
909 visits
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Image 326
1818 visits
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China View of Wuchang (Wuhan) Taken From the Tower of the Yellow Crane (Hoang-ho-lew)
905 visits
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Image 328
1021 visits
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China Women of the Fujien Province (Fukien, Fuchien)
1180 visits
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China Xinjiang Province Muslim Dungan (Hui) and Taranchi People of East Turkestan
1413 visits
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China Xinjiang Uyghur Region Street Scene in Yarkand (Shache)
1290 visits
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China Yuenfu Buddhist Monastery on Min River South of Fuchu-Fu (Foochow) (Fuzhou)
1227 visits
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China Yunnan Province Hogg's Gorge (Moon Gorge) on the Mekong River (Lantzan Kiang)
918 visits
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China Yunnan Province Lake Tali (Lake Erhai or Er) at Dali
1317 visits
