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National Palace Museum displays historic maps in new exhibition
04/23/2021 10:30 PM
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Part of the 1930 copy of a map first drawn between 1699 and 1704 under the Qing emperor of Kanxi. Image courtesy of the National Palace Museum
Taipei, April 23 (CNA) The National Palace Museum on Friday opened a new exhibition to show several full-scale maps that demonstrate historical developments in Taiwan and transportation routes in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The exhibition, titled Stories of Ancient Maps, offers visitors a rare chance to see full-scale maps of several meters in length and to discover stories of the time in the detailed depiction in these maps, the museum said in a statement.