Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms, Volume 62

The History and Geography of New Hampshire

The local inhabitants originally combined their territory with Massachusetts original: "馬沙諸些" (Mǎshāzhūxiē). as a single administrative unit rather than governing themselves independently. In the year 1741 the 6th year of the Qianlong reign, they established themselves as an independent division and changed their name to New Hampshire original: "新幹幾" (Xīngànjǐ) — a phonetic transliteration used in the 19th century..

Its borders are as follows:

To the East, it borders the Maine division original: "緬部" (Miǎn bù)..
To the North, it borders the Canada division original: "干那大部" (Gànnàdà bù)..
To the West, it borders the Vermont division original: "華滿部" (Huámǎn bù)..
To the South, it borders the Massachusetts division.
To the Southeast, it is bounded by the ocean.
To the South, the border reaches 42 degrees 41 minutes North latitude original: "南極出地" — literally "emerging from the South Pole," a traditional Chinese way of expressing latitude from the equator moving North..
To the North, the border reaches 45 degrees 11 minutes North latitude.
To the West, it is 4 degrees 30 minutes East of the central meridian The "central meridian" refers to the prime meridian used in the source maps, likely based on Washington D.C. or Paris rather than Greenwich..
To the East, it is 6 degrees East of the central meridian.

The shape of the land is slanted and irregular. In terms of area, it is approximately one-fourth the size of Zhejiang Province in China. From north to south, clusters of elegant peaks stand tall, and the mountain paths are rugged and steep. In the north, the highest mountains reach six or seven hundred zhang approximately 6,000 to 7,000 feet; a zhang is roughly 10 feet.. The southern mountains are lower, measuring two or three hundred zhang.

Only the highest peak in the north remains covered in snow throughout all four seasons, shining with a brilliant white light. It is called the White Mountain Referring to Mount Washington and the White Mountains range.. These mountains are so treacherous and the ridges so steep that they are considered the most formidable in the entire country.