'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.
Scope & Content:
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.
‘Sketches III, IV & V’ ‘B. Gen. G. Pereira’s route from Pingyangfu [平陽府] to Hanchungfu [漢中府]. March to April 1921. being part of his journey from Peking [北京] to Lhasa [拉薩].’ Sheet 'B'
Scope & Content:
Covers the route from Pingyangfu, Shansi [山西] to Hanchungfu, Shensi [陕西], by way of Sian [西安], Shensi, including a diversion to Kwanyintang, Honan [觀音堂, 河南]. Includes a table of mileage for the journey from Pinyangfu to Kwanyintang.
‘Sketch VI’ ‘B. Gen. G. Pereira’s route from Hanchungfu [漢中府] to Chengtu [成都] May 1921. being part of his journey from Peking [北京] to Lhasa [拉薩].’ ‘Sheet C’
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Covers the route from Hanchungfu, Shensi [陕西], to Chengtu, Szechwan [四川], by way of Pachow [巴州], Shensi, and Tungchwan [潼川], Szechwan.