The Dunn Map: An American and a Long-Forgotten Curio from Nineteenth-Century China

Q4 Arts and Humanities
Ronald C. Po
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Rediscovered in 2011 within the collection of the Library of Congress, the Fusheng quantu 福省全圖 (Complete Map of Fuzhou), a delicate nineteenth-century Chinese map, had lain unnoticed for over a century. Its anonymous creator and lack of dating impede a direct tracing of its origins, and it is only known to have arrived through a donation of manuscripts by the American businessman and diplomat Thomas Dunn. The map, with its artistic qualities, provides a window into the seascape of Fuzhou and the Qing dynasty’s coastal defences and maritime strategies. This study transcends the map’s physicality, delving into its associated life histories, including Dunn’s, and the broader context of China’s coerced entry into global trade and diplomacy during the age of high imperialism (c.1850–1900). More than a long-forgotten illustrative account, the map is a piece of evidence that reveals much about the times and places in which it was drawn and viewed.
邓恩地图:一个美国人和十九世纪中国的一件久被遗忘的珍品
福省全图》(Fusheng quantu 福州全图)是一幅精致的 19 世纪中国地图,2011 年在美国国会图书馆馆藏中被重新发现,一个多世纪以来一直无人问津。由于创作者匿名和年代不详,无法直接追溯其来源,目前只知道它是通过美国商人兼外交官托马斯-邓恩(Thomas Dunn)的手稿捐赠而来的。该地图以其艺术性为人们提供了一个了解福州海景以及清朝海岸防御和海上战略的窗口。这项研究超越了地图的物理特性,深入探讨了与地图相关的生命史,包括邓恩的生命史,以及中国在高度帝国主义时代(约 1850-1900 年)被迫加入全球贸易和外交的大背景。这幅地图不仅仅是一幅早已被遗忘的插图,它还是一个证据,揭示了它绘制和观看的时代和地点。
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Crossroads
Crossroads Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
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