Tracings showing routes in Kwangsi (廣西) and Kweichow (貴州) Provinces
Scope & Content:
Shows relief, hydrology and settlements and topography in the immediate vicinity of the route. Place names are given in non-standard Wade-Giles romanisation.
Relates to items sent to the War Office, London by Intelligence Branch, Simla in March 1905. The 10 listed items were allocated respectively to Material. China. nos. 127-136. The file comprises the list and the covering letter.
'Co. Bell's route Hsi-an-fu [西安府] to Lan-chou-fu [蘭州府]'.
Scope & Content:
The printed map covers a route through Kansu province (甘肅省) from Changwu, Shensi (長武, 陝西), north-west to Lanchow (蘭州), by way of Pingliang (平涼), and Anting (安定). The route continues north-west to Pingfan (平番) and Kulang (古浪). The area west of Kulang, covering Tatung (大通), Koko Nor (青海湖), and the...
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.
'Chih-Li [直隸] Province. Survey from Niu Lan Shan [牛欄山] to Jehol [熱河] & Jehol to Ma-pa-tien [unidentified].' - War Office ledger 'Tracing of Survey by Mr R.B. Morehead 1902' - War Office envelope
Scope & Content:
A sketch map describing a route from Niulanshan (牛欄山) 25 miles north-east from Peking (北京), proceeding north-east to the Great Wall at Kupehkow (古北口), thence to Lwanping (灤平) and Jehol (熱河), east to Pingchuan (平泉) and Chienchang (建昌), all in Chihli Province, then south to Suizhong (綏中), Shengking...