Publisher: Viesca
Year of publish: 2011
Place of publish: China
Inset(s): N/A
Material: Cotton
Size: 47cm x 47cm
Condition: New
Version/Correction: N/A
SBN (if any): N/A
Date of purchase: March 2011Purchase cost: RMB80
I had not tried to purchase via taobao.com (kind of 'Ebay' in China) as I did not have an account and confidence to shop in Mainland China. But one day I just browsed this website for fun and saw what I could find related to London maps. And I found a handkerchief with a pictorial London map on it. Therefore I asked my University classmate to purchase one for me.
The most interesting character of this cotton map is that there are some prominent streets and architectures printed with simplified Chinese words:
The Chinese characters shown here are traditional Chinese.
From the left to right, top to bottom:
1] Zoological Gardens = 倫敦動物園
2] Regent's Park = 里真特斯公園
3] Albany Street = 奧爾巴尼街
4] Hampsted Road = 漢普斯特德路
5] Eversholt Street = 埃弗肯特街
6] British Library = 大英圖書館
7] University College = 倫敦大學學院
8] Marylebone Road* = 馬里爾伯恩路
9] Mdme Tussaud's Planetarium = 杜莎夫人蠟像館
10] Pollocks Toy Museum = 波洛克玩具博物館
11] British Museum = 大英博物館
12] Clerkenwell Road = 克利爾肯韋爾路
13] Oxford Road = 奧克斯弗德街
14] New Oxford Road = 新奧克斯弗德街
15] Soane's Museum = 約翰 索恩爵士博物館
16] Royal Courts of Justice = 皇家法院
17] St. Paul's Cathedral = 聖保羅教堂
18] Guildhall = 市政廳
19] Swiss Re Tower = 瑞士再保險塔
20] The National Gallery = 國家美術館
21] Royal Academy = 皇家藝術院
22] Piccadilly Circus = 皮卡迪利廣場
23] One Canada Square = 加拿大第一廣場
24] Cleopatra's Needle = 克麗歐佩特拉方尖碑
25] Millennium Bridge = 千禧橋
26] Tower of London =倫敦塔
27] Tate Modern Gallery =泰特現代美術館
28] Southwark Cathedral = 南華克大教堂
29] Wellington Arch =威靈頓拱門
30] Queen Victoria Memorial =維多利亞女王紀念碑
31] Horse Guards = 海軍拱門
32] London Eye (Millennium Wheel) = 倫敦眼
33] Buckingham Palace = 白金漢宮
34] Waterloo Road = 滑鐵盧路
35] Westminster Abbey = 威斯敏斯特教堂
36] Houses of Parliament = 國會大廈
37] County Hall = 郡政廳
38] Guy's Hospital = 蓋伊醫院
39] Lambeth Palace = 蘭貝斯宮
40] Victoria's Street = 維多利亞街
41] Westminster Cathedral = 西敏大教堂
42] Kennington Road = 肯寧頓路
43] Imperial War Museum = 皇家戰爭博物館
44] Tower Bridge = 倫敦塔橋
45] Tower Bridge Road = 陶爾布里奇路
46] Old Kent Road* = 舊肯特路
47] Cumin Museum & Library = 卡明博物館圖書館
48] Tate Britain Gallery = 泰特美術館
* English name does not appear on the map
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