Gesandtschaftsviertel in Peking
German Map of Embassies in Beijing (1903) |
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| Date: | 1903 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Dwnld: | Full Size (4.80mb) |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
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This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of China that you might want to check out.
Gonna need a Chinese translator for this one.
Anyone got time to give me a rough sketch of what is going on, here?
Great how the layout of each compound seems to reflect the stereotype character of respective nations: Germany has rigid rows of barracks housing, France a sprawling campus surrounding a church, the Dutch a formal garden, and Japan a private zen garden with trees and a lake. It seems Americans built our first embassy compound in the middle of a vacant lot.
Unless the blank spaces behind embassy walls reflect a lack of intelligence rather than a lack of American footprint, it doesn’t seem like Germany spent too much time gathering information on where our Wohn was Haused.