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'Kuei-Tê Fu [歸德府] to K'ai-Fêng Fu [開封府] Ho-nan [河南] Province. By Lieut Colonel G.E. Pereira April 1908.'
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Covers the line of the route, showing hydrology, and numbered settlements. Includes a key to the numbered settlements giving Wade-Giles romanisation, number of houses, and Chinese characters for each place. Comprises the original tracing and a blue-print copy.
'Manchuria, just across the Korean Frontier' - War Office ledger.
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A set of 6 six sketch maps covering the region around Tunghwa (通化), now in Kirin Province (吉林省), close to the Korean border. With the exception of map no. 6, which comprises 3 sheets, each map is on a single sheet. Map no. 4 is present in 2 copies. The maps variously indicate relief, hydrology, r...
Covers the old city of Lanchow bounded by the outer city walls.Shows principal roads and the inner and outer city walls. Names of streets are given in Chinese with Wade-Giles romanisations. Principal buildings are given in Chinese with English translations. A list in the margin provides names for...
'Route from Peking [北京] to Gangtok (India) via Lhasa [拉薩] & return journey from Bhamo (Burma).' - War Office ledger. 2 journeys undertaken by Brigadier General George Pereira 1921-23.
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Fair drawn copies done in the War Office (M.I.4) from Pereira's originals, with accompanying notes. The journeys traverse the following provinces: Chihli (直隸), Shansi (山西), Shensi (陕西), Honan (河南), Szechwan (四川), Kansu (甘肅), Yunnan (雲南) and Tibet (西藏), and Hainan (海南) Island. The map sheets show ...
The journey proceeded from Peking (北京) south-westwards to Chengtu, Szechwan (成都, 四川), thence north to Lanchow, Kansu (蘭州, 甘肅), and south-westwards through Tsinghai (青海) and Tibet (西藏) to Sikkim.
‘Sketch II’ ‘B. Gen. G. Pereira’s routes from Tsangchow [滄州] to Chengting (Fu) [正定府] & Taiyüan [太原] to Pingyangfu [平陽府]. Feb. to March 1921. being part of his journey from Peking [北京] to Lhasa [拉薩].’ Sheet 'A'.
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Shows two separate parts of the route in southern Chihli [直隸] and Shansi [山西] provinces respectively. Includes a table of mileage for the journey in Shansi.