1921 "PLAN OF SOOCHOW DRAWN FOR CROWS HANDBOOK FOR CHINA". A fine and rare original antique map of the Carl Crow SOOCHOW (Suzhou), China, The map depicts the city and some surrounding area. Soochow per Corw, lies '...53 miles from Shanghai, on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway', which is depicted and labeled on the map. Due to its extensive system of canals, Soochow has been given the name 'The Venice of the Far East'. Several locations are labeled on the map, including the Big Pagoda, the Local Assembly Hall, Soochow University, the Large Confucian Temple, and the Railway Station. Only one of the myriad roads on the map is labeled, the Horse Road, and it falls outside the city walls. 

 

This map was published by Carl Crow in his HANDBOOK FOR CHINA in 1921. Overall size approx 27 x 27cm. Condition is generally fine with some mild ageing and occasional tone spots.

 

Carl Crow (1884-1945) was born in Missouri and is known for, among several achievements, opening the first Western advertising agency in Shanghai, China. Crow arrived in Shanghai in 1911, where he lived for 25 years. He worked as a journalist, newspaper proprietor and advertising agent, while also spending time as a hostage negotiator, police sergeant, farmer and a liaison for the US Government.