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Shows hydrology, relief (indicated with inverted chevrons), routes, settlements, and the prefecture boundary. Place-names are given in Wade-Giles romanisation.
'Co. Bell's route Hsi-an-fu [西安府] to Lan-chou-fu [蘭州府]'.
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The printed map covers a route through Kansu province (甘肅省) from Changwu, Shensi (長武, 陝西), north-west to Lanchow (蘭州), by way of Pingliang (平涼), and Anting (安定). The route continues north-west to Pingfan (平番) and Kulang (古浪). The area west of Kulang, covering Tatung (大通), Koko Nor (青海湖), and the...
'Route Survey. Kalgan [張家口] to Yellow R[iver] [黃河] & down Yellow R[iver] to T'ung-kuan T'ing [潼關廳] & Meng Hsien [孟縣].' - War Office ledger.
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The map covers the line of the route, proceeding from Kalgan, Chihli [直隸], across northern Shansi [山西] via Kweihwa [歸化] to Paotow [包頭], Inner Mongolia [内蒙古], then down the Hwang Ho [黃河] via Tungkwan, Shensi [陕西] to Menghsien, Honan [河南]. Shows hydrology, communications and settlements. Principal ...