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Two strip-maps of the Pekin Syndicate railway in northern Honan (河南) done for S. Pearson & Son Limited.
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Covers the railway line that runs south-west from Taokow (道口) to Weihwei (衛輝) and Sinsiang (新鄉), then west to Paishan (柏山) by way of Hwokia (獲嘉) and Siuwu (修武). The railway, from Taokow, was constructed in connection with the coal mining industry around Tsiatso (焦作).
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
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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...
'Ho-chien [河間] & surroundings' - War Office ledger
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Covers an area around Hokien in the southern part of Chihli [直隸] Province, approximately 12.5 miles east to west, by 22 miles north to south. The index map on each sheet indicates additional sheets beyond the margins of the present set. Shows hydrology, routes, settlements and Fu (府) boundaries...
'Route Survey of Portions of a Journey from Yunnan [雲南] to Assam [阿薩姆邦] by E.C. Young'
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Covers a route from Lao Kai (on the Chinese border with Tongking), to Sadiya in Assam, by way of Tali (大理), Yunnan. Hydrology, spot heights, settlements, and indications of adjoining topography are given along the line of the route. Shows locations of named tribes with respective governmental jur...
'Survey of Route followed by Captain G. Woods, R.A. & Captain Hutchinson 1/4n Gurkhas accompanied by Havildar Amar Singh. Dolon-nor [多倫淖爾] to Shih-pien-tzu [石片子] and Ming-tan Shan [unidentified] to Nan-t'ai-Tzu [南台子].' - wrapper
Scope & Content:
Comprises maps of two separate routes in northern Chihli [直隸].
'Chih-Li [直隸] Province. Reduction of survey of route followed by Rev. J. Hedley from Yung-ping-fu [永平府] to Chin-chow Fu [錦州府].' - War Office ledger
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Covers a route in north-east Chihli proceeding north from Yungping to Chihfeng (赤峯), north-east to the Shira Muren River (西拉木倫河) thence south-east to Ku-lu-kou (not identified), and south via Chaoyang (朝陽) to Chinchow, Liaoning (遼寧). Shows, along the line of the route, hydrology with indicative ...