This lot includes 3 detail-rich charts from the U.S. Hydrographic Office showing portions of the Chinese coast in the East China and Yellow Seas. Each chart is dense with navigational information, including depth soundings, magnetic variation, conversion tables, tidal figures, and much more. These charts rarely appear on the market.

A. China - East Coast Wen-Chou Wan to Chiu-Shan Lieh-Tao (Kueshan Islands)..., dated 1957 (38.6 x 26.3"). This chart captures the coast of much of the Zhejiang province, spanning from just south of Ningbo down to Yung-chia (Wenzhou). It centers roughly on Hai-men (Taizhou) and the Jiao River. It is based on British surveys from 1843-78 and Chinese surveys to 1934. Revised update of the sixth edition first published in April 1947; dated 5/6/57. A stamp on verso indicates that the chart has been "corrected through notice to mariners" on May 30, 1959. Condition: Issued folding with a few minor spots.

B. China-East Coast Southern Approach to the Yangtze River..., dated 1950 (39.3 x 27.3"). This chart details the seas around the Chusan (Zhoushan) Islands, south of Shanghai and the entrance to the Yangtze River. It spans from northern Zhoushan Island to Yangtze Cape. Derived from British, Chinese, and Japanese surveys, corrected to 1950. "Emergency Reproduction of Japanese Chart." Condition: Issued folding with a faint dampstain along the centerfold, minor foxing, and a minute hole at the fold intersection.

C. Asia China Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai) - Approaches to Ch'ing-Tui-Tzu and Ta-Ku-Shan..., dated 1957 (39.4 x 27.6"). This chart depicts the coast of the Liaoning province in Manchuria, along the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, just west of the China-North Korea border. It is based on Japanese surveys from 1933-34. The first edition dates to December 1945; this revised edition is dated 5/6/57. Condition: Issued folding with minor foxing along the centerfold and a tiny hole at top.

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Condition: A

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