[COMMUNIST CHINESE MAP OF TAIWAN ALLUDING TO CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S "FELONIOUS GANG"].

台灣省 [Taiwan sheng].
[Taiwan Province].

Liaoning. 新中國地圖社. [Xin Zhongguo ditu she]. November, 1954. First Edition. Stock ID #215834

Folding colour map of Taiwan Province dating from the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. Key inset at bottom left, inset map of China's east coast, the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan at top left. Divided into 16 panels, measuring 77 x 56cm. Shows slight wear and soiling at folds, archival paper repairs on reverse to folds and edges, some stains and ink marks on reverse but not affecting map image which is clean and bright.

This highly detailed map of Taiwan, published in Mainland China during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1954-55, shows topographical features, main transport routes, cities, towns and villages of the island. A colour scale within the key explains the heights of mountainous areas and sea depths, while line drawings show topographical information such as sand shoals, rivers and lakes. Shipping routes with distances in nautical miles (given as 浬) between Taiwan and the mainland are also marked.

Notably, the naval and air bases of the Republic of China Armed Forces (formerly the National Revolutionary Army) are labelled within the key as belonging to "Chiang Kai-shek's felonious political gang", in colourful reference to the Kuomintang.

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Price: $750.00 AU

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