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Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/RAS/CHI/323
Title:: '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.'
Scope & Content:: 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.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: 1908
Extent:: 2 map sheets.

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/RAS/CHI/333
Title:: 'Lan-Chou Fu (Kan-su Province)'.
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: 1907
Extent:: 1 map sheet.

Reference (shelfmark):: Yongle dadian (24 volumes)
Title:: Yongle dadian 永樂大典
Scope & Content:: Chinese imperial encyclopaedia, commissioned by the Yongle Emperor and completed in 1408. This is the second manuscript edition (Jiajing to Longqing period 1562-72). The volumes are unique and notable for preserving texts not extant elsewhere.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1562-1572
Extent:: 24 volumes

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