'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.
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...
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.