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Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/RAS/CHI/173/1
Title:: '廈門附近泉州漳州地方明細圖. 明治二十九年七月四日.' By Kibb, missionary.
Scope & Content:: Shows hydrography, routes, settlements, and the locations of protestant missions. Includes information on navigability of rivers, and on local products. Place-names (numbered in red ink) are given in Chinese characters. The title panel in in Japanese, with English translations added in manuscript.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Chinese, English, and Japanese
Date Range:: 1896
Extent:: 1 map sheet.

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/RAS/CHI/180/1
Title:: 'Capt. R.M.C. Ruxton's route' through Honan (河南), Shansi (山西), Shensi (陝西) and Kansu (甘肅) Provinces. 'Surveyed by Naik Ismail Khan, 121st Pioneers (Intelligence Branch North China Commd.) under orders of Capt. R.M.C. Ruxton 1st Chinese Regiment.' from 29 July to 25 October 1905.
Scope & Content:: Two versions of a map with a booklet listing place-names.The route plotted on the map follows a line from Sinsiang (新鄉) to Hwaiking (懷慶) in northern Honan; thence through Anyi (安邑) and Puchow (蒲州), southern Shansi; across central Shensi through Sian (西安) and Paoki (寶雞); continuing along the cours...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: 1905
Extent:: 64 map sheets and a booklet (116 pages)

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/RAS/CHI/180/1/2
Title:
Scope & Content:: Major places are given in Wade-Giles romanisation; minor places are numbered. A key in margin on each sheet gives extensive name-lists both in Chinese characters and romanisation.Some sheets that are separate in the manuscript version at CHI/180/1/1 have been combined. Includes 2 copies of the In...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: 1905
Extent:: 31 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/RAS/CHI/180/1/3
Title:
Scope & Content:: The original record of place-names, in Chinese, providing the source for the name-lists added to the blue-print version of the map. There is no title, but the first page has '光緒三十一年六月二十七日由河南衛輝府新鄉縣繪' indicating the date and place where the journey began.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1905
Extent:: 1 booklet (116 pages, of which 61 are blank)

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/RAS/CHI/180/4/2
Title:: Plan of Hsi-An Fu [西安府]. Surveyed by Naik Ismail Khan 121st Pioneers (Intelligence Branch, North China Command) Under orders of Capt. R.M.C. Ruxton 1st Chinese Regiment (10.9.05)
Scope & Content:: Identical to CHI/180/4/1 with the addition of two panels providing a key to the numbered places in English and Chinese
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: 1905
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/RAS/CHI/186/8
Title:: Name lists.
Scope & Content:: Comprises place-names relating to CHI/186/7. Provides Chinese characters and Wade-Giles romanisation.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: 1906
Extent:: 3 booklets and 25 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/RAS/CHI/188/1/3
Title:: 'Book of Place Names' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:: The first 71 pages provide numbered lists relating to the sheets at CHI/188/1/2. Names are given in characters and Wade-Giles romanisation. A count of the number of resident families is given for each place. Notes on 11 of the places have been written in a three page section in the un-used part ...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: 1906
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/RAS/CHI/224
Title:: Route surveys in eastern China, 'chiefly Ho-nan [河南] and Shan-tung [山東] Provinces. Also partly in Hu-pei [湖北], An-hui [安徽], & Southern Chih-li [直隸] Provinces. By Lieut Webster & Naik Shiv Dayal Singh & Havr. Man Singh 1903-04' - title sheet
Scope & Content:: 17 sets of maps with accompanying lists of place-names. Titles are taken from the printed slip headed 'Originals' attached to the first map in each set by Intelligence Branch, North China Command. 'Survey carried out in connection with "Report on Honan Province"'. The maps sheets include Arabic s...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Chinese, English, and Urdu
Date Range:: 1903-1906
Extent:: 1 title sheet and 32 map sheets with 107 folios.

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