1950 Large Antique Map of the PR China Ist Map by PRC after Revolution 1949 Rare Russia the collective accomplishment of explorers the collective accomplishment of explorers and mapmakers represented in this map is astounding The Swedish master builder Johann Friedrich Eosander supervised this work Chinas old system of gentry landlord ownership of farmland and tenant peasants was replaced with a distribution system in favor of poor landless peasants which significantly reduced economic inequality available map of China released by the communist state and given the secretive nature of the PRC in the 1950s the rarity of this map cannot be overstated