Image: Nieuhof-Ambassade-vers-la-Chine-1665 0744-2

Description: 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.
Title: Nieuhof-Ambassade-vers-la-Chine-1665 0744-2
Credit: Johan Nieuhof
Author: Jacob van Meurs
Permission: This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or less. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1923. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. This is a photograph taken of an image originating from an antiquarian book that is part of the Peace Palace Library collection in the Netherlands. The image has been digitized by Bert Mellink and Lilian Mellink-Dikker from the partnership "D-Vorm VOF". Credits are appreciated.   This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse   This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. Wikimedia has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by an OTRS member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2014040410006141. If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the OTRS noticeboard. Ticket link: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2014040410006141
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No