Map of Major C.D. Bruce's route from Leh, Kashmir to Tsinghing (井陘), Chihli (直隸), in 1905. 'Surveyed by Lal Singh R.S. Surveyor'. (Sheets 11-13 'assisted by Naik Ismail Khan'.)
Scope & Content:
The principal places shown on the map, include Kerija, Cherchen and Chaklik, in Sinkiang (新疆); Tunhwang (敦煌), Suchow (肅州), Kanchow (甘州), Liangchow (凉州), Lanchow (蘭州) and Kingyang (慶陽), all in Kansu (甘肅); Fuchow (富州) and Yenan (延安) in Shensi (陕西); and Fenchow (汾州) and Taiyuan (太原) in Shansi (山西). ...
Numbered list of place-names and distances, referenced to numbers marked on the map sheets. The names are in English, or non-standard romanisation from Uighur, Tibetan and Chinese. The first sheet was missing on transfer.
'Lan-chou Fu [蘭州府] and Neighbourhood. Surveyed by Naik Ismail Khan 121st Pr's: Mil: Surveyor. Feb: 1906.
Scope & Content:
Shows relief, hydrology, communications and the outline of the city. Numbered places are referenced by a Key, listing names in Wade-Giles romanisation. Comprises the original map with a contemporary photographic copy.
Plan of Lan-chou Fu [蘭州府]. No. II. Drawn nominal by Surveyor Naik Ismail Khan 121st Pioneers. 15/12/05.
Scope & Content:
Shows hydrology, city walls, layout of principal roads, and principal buildings and locations. Places are named in English. A leaf of typescript bearing a description of the city has been pasted to the face of the sheet.Comprises the original map with a contemporary photographic copy.
Shows relief, hydrology, city walls, layout of principal roads, and principal buildings and locations. Places are named in Wade-Giles romanisation.Comprises the original map with two photographic copies. 'Y.19' has been added to the copies.
Surveys of routes in Anhwei Province (安徽省), and adjacent parts of Honan (河南) and Hupeh (湖北).
Scope & Content:
Comprises 4 small-scale maps, together with 4 sets of surveyors' field drawings, lists of place-names, a Chinese atlas/gazetteer of Anhwei, and 'List of Original Surveys An-hui Province'.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1906
Extent:
98 map sheets, 30 folios, 10 paper wrappers, 3 booklets and 1 limp-sewn volume.
‘Sketch Map of An-hui Province [安徽省] (350 miles in length by 320 in breadth) to show Land & Water Routes surveyed between October 3rd 1905 and January 25th 1906 ... by Captain F.G. Turner R.E. ... Sowar Harnam Singh ... Sepoy Hakim Khan’ ‘Drawn by Havildar Marisami Intelligence Branch North China Command Feby: 1906’
Scope & Content:
Shows provincial boundaries, hydrology, principal settlements and routes. Place names are given in Wade-Giles romanisation. The map includes a list of cities and towns mapped at a scale of 4 inches to one mile by Surveyor Hakim Khan