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Seven Star Mountain, Taipei, 19th Century

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Title: Seven Star Mountain, Taipei, 19th Century

Caption: Qixing Mountain, also spelled Qixingshan or Chihsing Mountain, (literally Seven Star Mountain) is located on the Datun Volcano Group and is the highest mountain in Taipei, at the rim of Taipei Basin. It is also the highest (dormant) volcano in Taiwan. Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, is a sovereign state in East Asia. Taipei is the capital city and a special municipality of Taiwan. Before the city was founded by Chinese immigrants in the early 18th century, the region of Taipei Basin was mainly inhabited by the indigenous people known as the Ketagalan. Entitled: "Tsi-sing-yen oder sieben sternengebirge." Image taken from page of China, historisch romantisch, malerisch (historically romantic, picturesque). A translation by Thomas Allom with historical and descriptive notes by the Rev. G. N. Wright, published 1843.

Personalities: THOMAS ALLOM

Category: ILLUSTRATION • black & white • History: Modern

Credit: Album / Science Source / British Library

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Image size: 3900 × 2507 px | 28.0 MB

Print size: 33.0 × 21.2 cm | 1535.4 × 987.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1843 • 19TH CENTURY • ART • ARTWORK • ASIA • ASIAN • BLACK & WHITE • BW • CHIHSING MOUNTAIN • CHINA • CHINESE • DATUN VOLCANO GROUP • DRAWING • EAST ASIA • EASTERN ASIA • EMPIRE OF THE GREAT QING • ENGRAVING • GREAT QING • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: MODERN • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • IMPERIAL CHINA • MANCHU DYNASTY • MEAN • PEOPLE • QING DYNASTY • QIXING MOUNTAIN • QIXINGSHAN MOUNTAIN • SEVEN STAR MOUNTAIN • TAIPEI BASIN • TAIPEI • TAIWAN • TAIWAN: TWN • THOMAS ALLOM