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
1470 visits
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Image 313
1328 visits
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Image 314
826 visits
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Image 315
719 visits
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Image 316
724 visits
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China Fujian Province Street Scene in Kinkiang (Jinjiang-
739 visits
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China High Street in Peking (Beijing)
736 visits
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Image 319
804 visits
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Image 320
971 visits
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China Peking (Beijing) from the Summer Palace
699 visits
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Image 322
1314 visits
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China Shansi (Shanxi) Cliffs on Fen River North of Taiyuan
1191 visits
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China Treaty Port of Hankow (Hankou) on the Han River (Han-Kiang and Yang-Tze Confluence)
1693 visits
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Image 325
893 visits
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Image 326
1754 visits
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China View of Wuchang (Wuhan) Taken From the Tower of the Yellow Crane (Hoang-ho-lew)
884 visits
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Image 328
1005 visits
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China Women of the Fujien Province (Fukien, Fuchien)
1159 visits
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China Xinjiang Province Muslim Dungan (Hui) and Taranchi People of East Turkestan
1399 visits
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China Xinjiang Uyghur Region Street Scene in Yarkand (Shache)
1274 visits
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China Yuenfu Buddhist Monastery on Min River South of Fuchu-Fu (Foochow) (Fuzhou)
1209 visits
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China Yunnan Province Hogg's Gorge (Moon Gorge) on the Mekong River (Lantzan Kiang)
904 visits
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China Yunnan Province Lake Tali (Lake Erhai or Er) at Dali
1299 visits
