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'Aden Protectorate Air Survey. Photos of Block Plots (6 bromides).' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Six sheets in western Aden Protectorate titled A, C, D, E1, E2, and E3. Sheets portray hydrology, relief by (variously) contours, spot heights and hachures, tracks, settlements, water holes, cultivation, craters, isolated lava patches, 'white patches' and place names. Produced by M[ilitary].I[nt...
'Road From Shihr to Terim. Compiled from Compass Traverse by Mr Ingrams 1st Political Officer'.
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Depicts 180-mile compass traverse in eastern Aden Protectorate from Shihr north-northwestwards to Terim. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and hachures, roads and tracks, settlements, tribal boundaries, minarets, place names and the expedition route. Also includes astro-fixings for Shib...
Tracings showing routes in Kwangsi (廣西) and Kweichow (貴州) Provinces
Scope & Content:
Shows relief, hydrology and settlements and topography in the immediate vicinity of the route. Place names are given in non-standard Wade-Giles romanisation.
Map of a route from Ningpo (寧波) to the Tsientang Kiang (錢塘江). 'Route I. Made and completed on the spot by F. Rennick, Capt 40[th] Pathans, Spec[ial] Serv[ice] Off[icer] for Ningpo'
Scope & Content:
The route traverses the northern part of Chekiang Province (浙江省). The map shows relief with form lines, hydrology and settlements along the line of the route, and includes extensive notes on the topography, and on potential camping grounds and defensible positions. Place-names are given in non-s...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
4 map sheets with the original War Office storage envelope
Route from Wei Hui Fu [衛輝府] to Pai Po Kou [白鶴渡口?] (Honan [河南] Province). Reduced by Havildar Tilbir Bhindari 9th G[urkha] R[ifles]. From a survey belonging to the Pekin Syndicate
Scope & Content:
Covers a route in northern Honan from Weihui, 80 miles west-south-west to Menghsien (孟縣), then a further 15 miles west along the north bank of the Yellow River [黃河] to Pai Ko Kou. Shows the line of the route, and settlements. Place-names are given in Wade-Giles romanisation
Maps and associated material relating to a journey by Consul C.W. Campbell In Outer Chihli (外直隸) and Mongolia from June to October 1902. Surveyed and drawn by Havildar Chabbee Singh, 38th Dogras, who accompanied Consul Campbell on the journey.
Scope & Content:
Comprises a set of 8 sheets with a large single-sheet reduction, both covering the whole route; 5 pages of place-name lists; and 2 small town plans. The original 23 field sheets, referenced on the two versions of the route maps and on the name lists, are not present.
Two versions of a map of land on the left bank of the Yangtze Kiang (揚子江) between Hochow, Anhwei Province (和州, 安徽), and Chinkiang, Kiangsu Province (鎮江, 江蘇), with a booklet of place-names. The War Office ledger gives 'Intelligence Branch, North China Command' as the author.
Scope & Content:
Includes the larger settlements of Kiangpu (江浦), Pukow (浦口) and Yangchow (揚州).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
17 map sheets with one leaf of text and a booklet (48p.)
'Chin-Kiang [鎮江]. Surveyed by Naik Gurmukh Singh 33rd Burmah Infantry March 1903. Drawn by L[an]ce Havildar Sheikh Abdul Kadir 28th Bo[mbay] Pioneers. May 1903. I.B. China Force.' The War Office ledger gives 'Intelligence Branch, North China Command' as the author.
Scope & Content:
Shows relief, hydrology, streets and buildings, and indicates hulks and jetties belonging to trading companies. Names on the map are predominantly in English. A 'Table of Reference' gives 53 romanised Chinese place names related to numbers on the map.
Two copies of a map 'Parts of Honan [河南], Shan-hsi [山西] and Chih-Li [直隸].' 'Peking Syndicate Survey. Season 1902, 03'
Scope & Content:
Each copy comprises 17 sheets with a small index sheet. Covers the region north and west of the line: Hwaiking (懷慶) – Weihui (衛輝) – Changte (Anyang) (彰德(安陽)) – Tzechow (磁州). Shows relief, hydrology, settlements and roads. Place-names are given in Wade-Giles romanisation.
Port of Ch'in-Wang-Tao [秦皇島] From original Surveys, and from Plans supplied by the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company.
Scope & Content:
Comprises the original tracing and a blue-print copy. Coverage extends inland to a distance of approximately 4 miles. Shows relief and hydrology, road and rail communications, settlements, and bathymetry in the area of the port. Names of settlements are given in Wade-Giles romanisation: topograp...