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Detailed map of the river from Bejing to the Sea and the road from Bejing to Geho, from From Sir George Leonard Staunton's An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. London: G. Nicol, 1796.

Fine chart shows the course of the Pay-Ho River flowing from Pekin to the Gulf of Petcheli, with flat cultivated lands on both sides of the river and many villages & willow trees lining its banks. It also shows the Road from Pekin to Geho shaded by willow trees & bordered by cultivated fields. The City of Pekin is drawn as a fortified block plan with the roads and river leading to it. Includes a compass rose with fleur-de-lys pointer.