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THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA : THE WORLD’S GREATEST BOUNDARY MONUMENT !!!
THE MOON AS SEEN FROM THE GREAT WALL !!!
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TOMB RELIEF FROM THE HAN DYNASTY (202 BC ---6 AD) SHOWING EMPEROR FU XI and his consort NU WA with drawing compass and set square in hand
FU XI & NU WA 29 th Century BC
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EMPEROR YU THE GREAT C. 2200 TO 2100 BC
THE AUTHOR OF THE HAIDAO SUANJING (263 AD)
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MEASURING WITH A SET SQUARE
LIU HUI (c220-280)
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SIGHTING SQUARE
SIGHTING STAFF OR GNOMON
PLUMB LINE
MEASURING ROPE WITH PLUMB BOB ATTACHED
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TOWER MEASUREMENTS WERE MUCH THE SAME IN 1247 AS IN 1592 ?!?
1247 1592
1726 WOODCUT FROM THE TU SHU JI CHENG
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THE WARRING STATES PERIOD
BORDER LINES WITH BOUNDARY WALLS
QIN SHI HUANGDI: THE FIRST EMPEROR (221-206 BC)
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SOME OF THE 3,000 CHINESE CHARACTERS IN THE MODERN ALPHABET
THE GREAT WALL OF THE FIRST EMPEROR
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THE FIRST EMPEROR’S “GREAT WALL”
TERRACOTTA GUARDIANS OF THE FIRST EMPEROR AT HIS TOMB IN XI’AN
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HAN DYNASTY WALL (206 BC- 220 AD)
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HAN SILK MAP FROM c. 180 BC
HAN SILK MAP FROM c. 180 BC
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PEI XIU (223-271)
DA MING HUN YI TU 1390
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CHINA’S GREAT WALL HERO: QI JIGUANG (1528-1588)
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MING GREAT WALL ERECTION
GREAT WALL BRICKS FROM 1577
INSCRIBED GREAT WALL BRICKS MING BRICK KILN
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TESTING THE GREAT WALL DEFENCES
MATTEO RICCI 1552-1610
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RICCI WORLD MAP 1602
RICCI WORLD MAP 1602
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SALVAGING GREAT WALL MATERIAL
DORGON THE MANCHU
GREAT WALL REMAINS
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PIERRE JARTOUX (1669-1720)
JOACHIM BOUVET (1656-1730) AND HIS BOOK
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KANGXI ATLAS
SHOWING THE GREAT WALL
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JOHANN ADAM SCHALL VON BELL (1592(1592----1666)1666)
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BEIJING OBSERVATORY BUILT IN 1442
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1897 PHOTO
D’ANVILLE MAP
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GREAT WALL
TOWERS
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THE WALL UP HILL AND DOWN DALE
THE GREAT WALL FROM THE SKY …
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TO THE SEA!
THE GREAT WALL
… AT LAND’S END !
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GREAT WALL GATES
QI JIGUANG BY THE SEA AND HIS MINI GREAT WALL
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THE RESTORED UPPER SURFACE OF THE MING GREAT WALL
QI JIGUANG ON HIS HORSE
CAMELS AT THE GREAT WALL
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CHENG DALIN
QING MAP OF 1800 SHOWING CHINA & THE WORLD
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THE WORLD WITH CHINA AT THE CENTRE
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1705 QING MAP
“TEN THOUSAND MILE MAP OF MARITIME DEFENCES”
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CHINESE SURVEYORS NEAR A SECTION OF THE GREAT WALL
MODERN DAY GREAT WALL SURVEYORS
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MAY THE GOLDEN SUN ALWAYS SHINE ON:
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