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
1485 visits
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Image 313
1339 visits
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Image 314
834 visits
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Image 315
731 visits
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Image 316
733 visits
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China Fujian Province Street Scene in Kinkiang (Jinjiang-
750 visits
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China High Street in Peking (Beijing)
748 visits
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Image 319
816 visits
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Image 320
979 visits
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China Peking (Beijing) from the Summer Palace
709 visits
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Image 322
1324 visits
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China Shansi (Shanxi) Cliffs on Fen River North of Taiyuan
1198 visits
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China Treaty Port of Hankow (Hankou) on the Han River (Han-Kiang and Yang-Tze Confluence)
1707 visits
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Image 325
903 visits
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Image 326
1788 visits
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China View of Wuchang (Wuhan) Taken From the Tower of the Yellow Crane (Hoang-ho-lew)
897 visits
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Image 328
1015 visits
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China Women of the Fujien Province (Fukien, Fuchien)
1172 visits
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China Xinjiang Province Muslim Dungan (Hui) and Taranchi People of East Turkestan
1407 visits
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China Xinjiang Uyghur Region Street Scene in Yarkand (Shache)
1284 visits
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China Yuenfu Buddhist Monastery on Min River South of Fuchu-Fu (Foochow) (Fuzhou)
1220 visits
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China Yunnan Province Hogg's Gorge (Moon Gorge) on the Mekong River (Lantzan Kiang)
912 visits
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China Yunnan Province Lake Tali (Lake Erhai or Er) at Dali
1310 visits
