A striking, rare and attractive large-scale early 19th century chart of the mouth of the Pearl River focusing on the region around present-day Macao and Hong Kong.  The top left of the engraving is filled with a detailed plan of Macao surrounded by smaller engravings of Tiger Island, the Bocca Tigris, Lantao and a profile of Macao, and the famous view of Luis de Camoens' Grotto at Macao with detailed annotations and description below.  A detailed inset lower center shown Harlem &amp; Bias Bays to the North of Mirs Bay.  Hong Kong is well detailed and named with Ty-tam Bai also indentified.  Lantau and Lamma are also well detailed.  The lower and right hand areas are filled with well-detailed profile views of the Islands, coastlines, and shores of the Pearl River area.
Berghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm
1834
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