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Map of the route from Chengting, Chihli [正定, 直隸] to Taiyuan, Shansi [太原, 山西]
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Principal places on the route are Tsinghing [井陘], Pingting [平定], Showyang [壽陽] and Yutze [榆次]. Shows road and river communications and settlements, with names given in Wade-Giles romanisation.
Corrections to my sketch of T'ai-yüan Fu Shan-hsi [太原府, 山西. (Sd) G. Pereira Lt: Colonel Grenadier Guards, Military attaché, T'ai-yüan Fu 26th July 1907
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A map of Taiyuan, Shansi [太原, 山西], showing the city walls, the principal road, the railway, outline relief to the east of the city, and military dispositions.
'Chinese railway survey from I-ch'ang (Yi-ch'ang Fu) [宜昌府] to Kuei-chou Fu [𧃰州府]' - War Office ledger.
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One tracing and two blue-prints (three versions of the same map) covering an area from western Hupeh (湖北) to eastern Szechwan (四川). The map shows the line of the Yangtze Kiang and its principal tributaries, and the line of a proposed railway.On the tracing, place-names along the line of the rail...
Map of Ping Ting Chou district, Shansi [平定州, 山西] N. China. A.J.M. Shaw. 10.3.06, Surveyor, Mines Department, Pekin Syndicate Limited.
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Shows relief, hydrology, settlements, and railway and telegraph communications. Place-names are given in characters and Wade-Giles romanisation.With inset map: 'Key to map PTC 25 showing position of survey', scale 1:1,172,160
Shows three surveyed areas along the course of the Tsingshui Kiang (清水江) in eastern Kweichow (貴州). The three sections are joined by dotted lines to indicate unsurveyed areas, which are not drawn to scale. Hydrology, land communications and settlements are indicated. Place names are given in non-s...
Sketch map of route from Tung Zen [銅仁] to Dah Ho Yen [大河堰?]' 'Dec 04 T. 107.
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Covers the course of the Mayang Ho (麻陽河) above Tungjen (銅仁) in north-eastern Kweichow (貴州), showing hydrology and settlements. Place names are given in non-standard romanized Chinese.'Dah Ho Yen' is shown as being at the head of the Mayang Ho, 232 li upstream from Tungjen.
Routes to Kweiyang [貴陽], Ping Chiu [平九], Chin Ping [錦屏] and Patsai [八寨]
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Shows routes through eastern Kweichow (貴州) between Kweiyang and Chenki (辰溪), Hunan (湖南). Shows hydrology, settlements, and the locations of coal, gold, and quicksilver mines . Place names are given in non-standard romanized Chinese.
Despatch from W.H. Wilkinson, Consul-General for Yünnan and Kueichow to the Government of Burma, no. 13, 17th April 1905.
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Relates to the proposal of the Anglo-French Quicksilver and Mining Concession to construct a railway from Changsha, Hunan (長沙, 湖南) to Kueiyang, Kueichow (貴陽, 貴州). Comprises a cover leaf, together with a paper 'Note on the Yuen River [沅江] and its Overland connection with Kueiyang Fu, the capital o...