English: This is Johnson and Browning’s 1861 map of China, first edition. Covers the region with particular attention to cities and waterways. China at the time this map was made was mostly closed country, however, a few ports were opened to western trade, these few are noted in capital letters and include Tanchau, Kaifung, Waingan, Shanghai, Canton and Nanking (Nanjing) among others. Insets detail the “Island of Amoy” and Canton (Hong Kong). Features the ribbon style border common to Johnson’s atlas work from 1860 to 1862. Steel plate engraving prepared by A. J. Johnson for publication as plate no. 86 in the 1861 edition of his New Illustrated Atlas… This is the last edition of the Johnson’s Atlas to exclusively bear the Johnson and Browning imprint.