'(VIII) Fu chou [涪州] to Chung-King [重慶] and Cheng-tu [成都] (8 sheets drawings, 2 tracings). All except sh. 8 missing, Tracings do.' - War Office ledger.
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Sheet 8 of an original 8 sheet set. This surviving sheet covers Chungking and the area extending 10 miles to the west. Shows relief, hydrology, settlements and roads. A numbered Key gives place-names in non-standard romanisation
(X) Wan hsien [萬縣] to Liang-shan-hsien [梁山] &c. (3 sheets drawings, 1 tracing). All except sh. 2 missing.' - War Office ledger. 'Surveyed by Natha Singh, Surveyor, Survey of India, commenced on 13.10.04, Finished on 13.10.04
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Sheet 2 of a original 3 sheet set. This surviving field sheet covers from Wan-hsien (in eastern Szechwan (四川), on the Yangtze Kiang (揚子江)) west and south-westwards for 20 miles along a watercourse. Shows relief, hydrology, settlements, and the line of traverse. A numbered Key gives place-names i...
Road Reports in the Han & Yangtze Valleys. China - 1904. By Capt. E.W.S. Mahon, R.E.
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Relates to journeys in a region on the borders of Hupeh [胡北], Shensi [陝西], and Szechwan [四川] provinces. Describes local topography and economy and with information on settlements and towns, providing a detailed narrative of the routes: Lao-ho-k'ou [老河口] to P'ing-li Hsien [平利縣]; P'ing-li Hsien to...
'Route Series.' - War Office ledger. Surveyed by Havildars Mada Ram, 44th Gurkhas, and Sheikh Abdul, 28th Bombay Pioneers, and G.W. Hunter, Captain, R.E.
The sheets cover a route proceeding south through Chihli (直隸) Province from Paoting (保定) by way of Chengting (正定) to Hantan (邯鄲), to Weihwei, Honan (衛輝, 河南), then west through Honan to Lingpao (靈寶) above the Sanmen Rapids (三門峽) on the Hwang Ho (黃河), crossing the river at Tungkwan (潼關) passing th...
Done from the respective sheets at CHI/93/1/1. Place-names are not given, with the exception of sheet 8 which covers the crossings of the Hwang Ho (黃河) and bears a list of place names between Lingpao, Honan (靈寶, 河南) and Tungchow, Shensi (同州, 陕西)
Numbered place-names are listed in Chinese characters and Wade-Giles romanisation. A second set of folios covers the same list, but without romanisation.
Route surveys showing 2 journeys through Honan ( 河南) and south-central Shensi (陕西) Provinces. The War Office ledger gives 'Col. Manifold' as the author
‘Map A’ covers a route from Weihui (衛輝) through Kaifeng (開封) to Chengchow (鄭州), all in Honan. ‘Map B’ and ‘Map C’ cover a route from western Honan through south-central Shensi. Principal places on this route are Shangchow (商州), Sian (西安), and Foping (佛坪), all in Shensi Province Relief with form l...