‘The Weekly Dispatch’ newspaper between the years 1856 and 1862 included in each edition a map of a part of the world. During this period a total of 118 maps were issued. The maps bear the distinctive sign of a half globe with the figure of Mercury above. The engravers varied but included John Dower and Edward Weller. In 1863 ‘The Dispatch Atlas’ was published which contained a series of English county maps. The two were combined in 1865 as ‘Cassell’s Complete Atlas’. This chart depicts the Chinese coastline from Hainan to Taichow. The area of Macao and Hong Kong is displayed in great detail with numerous depth soundings. Hong Kong was founded only 17 years earlier. With the publishers stamp in the margin dated 28 February 1858. Beresiner pp. 85-7; refer Carroll no. 120.