24:I[197881,["/_next/static/chunks/8c04babe2e00a7e0.js?dpl=dpl_GR5W7LBUraMr8APWBnRq9RdG62Ho","/_next/static/chunks/7f542e29850d5a34.js?dpl=dpl_GR5W7LBUraMr8APWBnRq9RdG62Ho","/_next/static/chunks/84783569d367033b.js?dpl=dpl_GR5W7LBUraMr8APWBnRq9RdG62Ho","/_next/static/chunks/6639f53200a54d6c.js?dpl=dpl_GR5W7LBUraMr8APWBnRq9RdG62Ho","/_next/static/chunks/3a366c3516387c27.js?dpl=dpl_GR5W7LBUraMr8APWBnRq9RdG62Ho","/_next/static/chunks/73ec2f460c58b917.js?dpl=dpl_GR5W7LBUraMr8APWBnRq9RdG62Ho","/_next/static/chunks/391c4b1557451991.js?dpl=dpl_GR5W7LBUraMr8APWBnRq9RdG62Ho","/_next/static/chunks/2f99b67437bef26c.js?dpl=dpl_GR5W7LBUraMr8APWBnRq9RdG62Ho","/_next/static/chunks/e84c26bbe04ad627.js?dpl=dpl_GR5W7LBUraMr8APWBnRq9RdG62Ho","/_next/static/chunks/77ffa9b0397aa5e9.js?dpl=dpl_GR5W7LBUraMr8APWBnRq9RdG62Ho","/_next/static/chunks/a7eee0563d2d9ccc.js?dpl=dpl_GR5W7LBUraMr8APWBnRq9RdG62Ho"],"default"] 25:T458,This page serves as the cover of the work, featuring the title slip (ti'e) of a traditional Chinese string-bound volume. It marks the beginning of one of the most significant geopolitical texts of 19th-century China. # Illustrated Gazetteer of the Maritime Kingdoms original: "海國圖志" (Haiguo Tuzhi). This monumental work was compiled by the scholar-official Wei Yuan (1794–1857) during the Qing Dynasty. Following China's defeat in the First Opium War, Wei Yuan expanded upon the research of Lin Zexu to create this comprehensive guide to Western geography, history, and military technology. His stated goal was to "learn the superior techniques of the foreigners in order to control them."

This page shows the title slip of Wei Yuan’s "Illustrated Gazetteer of the Maritime Kingdoms," a landmark text in modern Chinese history that advocated for the study of Western geography and technology.

Wei Yuan, Haiguo Tuzhi, Qing Dynasty, geography, maritime history, Opium War, modernization