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2022-12-03
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Antiquarian Jonathan Wattis talks about his latest exhibition featuring a collection of early original Hong Kong maps and charts some of which appear in the landmark book Mapping Hong Kong, 1992: A Historical Atlas by Hal Empson. Out chat includes the Indian cartographers brought in to triangulate Hong Kong, Jeng He and his junks, missionary Simeone Volonteri and lovely ephemera including a 1915 tourist map of Victoria.
Mapping Hong Kong with Jonathan Wattis
2022-12-03Antiquarian Jonathan Wattis talks about his latest exhibition featuring a collection of early original Hong Kong maps and charts some of which appear in the landmark book Mapping Hong Kong, 1992: A Historical Atlas by Hal Empson. Out chat includes the Indian cartographers brought in to triangulate Hong Kong, Jeng He and his junks, missionary Simeone Volonteri and lovely ephemera including a 1915 tourist map of Victoria.
Every week, journalist, broadcaster and local historian, Annemarie Evans, explores Hong Kong, digging up many (often forgotten or unknown) aspects of our cultural, architectural, and artistic heritage.
Listen live via Radio 3's homepage https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3
Saturdays 7.30am - 8.00am (HKT) - first broadcast
Sundays 6.15pm - 6.45pm (HKT) - repeat broadcast
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