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03-09-2014

THE GREAT WALL OF : THE WORLD’S GREATEST BOUNDARY MONUMENT !!!

THE MOON AS SEEN FROM THE GREAT WALL !!!

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TOMB RELIEF FROM THE (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 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 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: 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

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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