Maps
Historic maps
Historic maps
1524
1524
Ming-era Jiaqing reign map of Shanghai, before the construction of the city wall (1524).
1550s
1550s
Ming-era map of Shanghai just before the construction of the city wall (1550s), digitally colorized.
1814
1814
Map of Shanghai County 上海县城图 (1814), reprinted in the western-published Shanghai Miscellany (1850).
1848
1848
Detail of Plan de la ville et du port de Changhaï (1848), showing the northern half of the walled city (north on the right). C. Maybon and J. Fredet, Histoire de la Concession française de Shanghai (1929).
1853
1853
Map "Shanghai and its suburbs about 1853". G. Lanning and S. Couling, History of Shanghai (1921).
Detail of the map "Shanghai and its suburbs about 1853", G. Lanning and S. Couling, History of Shanghai (1921).
1855
1855
Detail of the map "Shanghai in 1855", showing the location of foreign missions in the walled city (1855). F. L. Hawks Pott, A Short History of Shanghai (1928).
1860s
1860s
Qing-era Tongzhi reign map of Shanghai County 清同治年间上晒县城图 (1860s), digitally colorized to show the wall, moat and inner city creeks.
1865
1865
1866
1866
Detail of the map of Shanghai harbor (1866), showing the northern part of the walled city.
1870
1870
Map of Shanghai 上海洋城全图 (1870), with north and south reversed. Virtual Shanghai.
Hydrographic and Battalion Map of Shanghai County 上海縣水道營汛圖 (1870), with north and south reversed. sinica.edu.
1874
1874
Plan of the Ningbo Guild property, northwest of Shanghai County, outside the walls (1874). North is on the left. North-China Herald.
1884
1884
1898
1898
New plan of Chinese City, published in 1898.
1900s
1900s
上海縣城廂租界全圖, Taiwan Reading Digital Atlas (http://sinica.edu.tw).
1909
1909
1912
1912
1913
1913
Map of Shanghai old city and its creeks. 新测上海地图 (1913). Commercial Press 商务印书馆.
1915
1915
Mock bird's eye view of the northeastern section of the Chinese City (Nantao District). New Commercial Plan of Shanghai (1915). UWM Libraries.
1917
1917
Map of Chinese City and Nanshi District 上海县城及南市分图 (1917). Commercial Press 商务印书馆
1921
1921
1923
1923
Detail of Plan of Shanghai (1923). Library of Congress.
1928
1928
Map of the former walled city; detail (1928). Source forgotten.
1932
1932
Newest Map of Shanghai 最新上海地图, detail (1932). UWM Libraries.
1939
1939
Native City map 城内图, with street names in Shanghainese dialect (1939), from Shanghai Street Directory 上海市行号路图录. Virtual Shanghai.
1946
1946
Detail of Public Transportation Map 上海市街道线图 (1946).
Plan of Shanghai's Walled City, from 1947 Shanghai Commercial Atlas 上海市行號路圖錄). To download this map in hi-res follow this link to Google Drive (25 Mb).
Aerial maps
Aerial maps
1927
1927
Aerial map of the former walled city (1927). Virtual Shanghai.
1939
1939
Aerial map of Shanghai's old city (1939), showing the damage from the onset of the Japanese occupation. Osaka University, digitized by Virtual Shanghai.
1948
1948
Aerial map of Shanghai's old city (1948). Tianditu. Download this map in hi-res (31 Mb) at Google Drive or Internet Archive.
1979
1979
Aerial map of Shanghai's old city (1979). Tianditu. To download this map in hi-res follow this link to Google Drive (28 Mb).
Interpretive maps
Interpretive maps
Diagram showing the disappearance of historic housing between the 1980s and the 2000s. Yongjie Sha et al., Shanghai Urbanism at the Medium Scale (2014). Link
2005
2005
2020
2020
Map of Shanghai old town (2020) showing historic areas undergoing demolition and facing it in the near future. More info.
Puzzle with a map of Jinjiafang 金家坊, showing the overlap of historic and modern features (2018). 世纪朵云