Tiger Island, Canton River (Dahu Dao in the Bocca Tigris, Pearl River, – KittyPrint
Tiger Island Canton River (Dahu Dao in the Bocca Tigris Pearl River Guangdong) 1830 Prints

Tiger Island, Canton River (Dahu Dao in the Bocca Tigris, Pearl River, Guangdong), 1830

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Antique Print, Canton River, now known as Pearl River, or Zhujiang, is in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong.  The river's estuary, Bocca Tigris, or 'Tiger Gate' is so-called after the shape of Tiger Island (now Dahu Dao).  The north end of the island rises to a 180m high mass of sheer-sided granite.  C.Stanfield, steel engraving, sketched by Capt.R.Eliot, hand coloured, engraved by Ed.Goodall,
published by Fisher, 1830.

Size 26 x 20 cm. Condition Very Good.


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