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Français : "Plate forme de Kanton", Guangzhou. Explication en français.
English: Map of Guangzhou. Legends in Dutch and French, translation:

a. Temple or Pagoda (Zhenhai Tower or Five-Story Pagoda)
b. Mountain fortress
c. Landside Gate
d. Landside wall
e. Tatar (Manchu) exercise grounds
f. Tatar (Manchu) quarter
g. Artistic tower (Flowery Pagoda or Temple of the Six Banyan Trees)
h. Old viceroy palace/Palace of the old king
i. New viceroy palace/Palace of the new king
k. First river gate
l. Second river gate
m. Ambassadors' hostel
n. Magazine/arsenal
o. Square where the banquet was held
p. Two water forts

The map reverses the position of the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees (Flowery Pagoda) and the Huaisheng Mosque (Guangta or Plain Pagoda), the minaret of the city's mosque. The Zhenhai Tower (Five-Story Pagoda) is given as a temple or pagoda, whereas it was a guardhouse.
Nederlands: "Kanton in platte grondt", Guangzhou. Lijst met details op de kaart aangegeven, onder meer "e. Oeffen Plaets der Tarteren" (Tartaren), paleis van de jonge en van de oude koning, waterpoorten en waterkastelen, verblijf van de ambassadeurs.
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Johan Nieuhof  (1618–1672)  wikidata:Q1123800 s:en:Author:Johan Nieuhof
 
Johan Nieuhof
Alternative names
Johannes Nieuhof, Joan Nieuhof, Johann Nieuwhof
Description Dutch writer, sinologist, explorer and drawer
Date of birth/death 22 July 1618 Edit this at Wikidata 8 October 1672 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Uelsen Madagascar
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Johan Nieuhof (1618-1672); Jean-Baptiste Le Carpentier (1606-ca. 1670): L'ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, ou Grand Cam de Tartarie, faite par les Srs. Pierre de Goyer, et Jacob de Keyser, illustrée d'une tres-exacte description ... de la Chine: enrichie d'un grand nombre de tailles douces / Le tout recueilli par le Mr. Jean Nieuhoff, ... ; mis en françois, orné, et assorti de mille belles particularitez ... par Jean le Carpentier, historiographe. Publisher: A Leyde : pour Jacob de Meurs, marchand libraire et graveur de la ville d'Amsterdam Printer: Meurs, Jacob van Amsterdam, 1651-1680
institution QS:P195,Q3046797
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Jacob van Meurs  (1619–1679)  wikidata:Q17351358
 
Alternative names
Jacob van Meurs (I), Jacobus van Meurs
Description Dutch printmaker and publisher
Date of birth/death circa 1619-1620 before 20 May 1680
date QS:P,+1680-05-20T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1680-05-20T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death Arnhem Amsterdam
Work period Haarlem (1638), Amsterdam (1649-1675)
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Amsterdam (1666–1676); Antwerp; Keizersgracht Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q17351358
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