Historic Shanghai by Carlos Augusto De Jesus, 1909

Historic Shanghai by Macanese author Carlos Augusto De Jesus, 1909 was in some ways a follow up to his classic Historic Macao (1902). Historic Shanghai was published by the book publishing arm of The Shanghai Mercury newspaper. Particularly interesting are the number of maps in the book including two below – of Gordon military plans during the Taiping Uprising and a very early map of Shanghai…..