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The Wolley charters range in date from the beginning of the thirteenth to the first half of the eighteenth centuries, but the majority date from the mid thirteenth to the late fourteenth centuries. They are mostly concerned with land transfers. In addition, there are some wills and marriage sett...
'Chemin de Fer de Laokay [勞開] a Yunnanfou [雲南府]. Carte (2me partie) [...] Mong-tzeu [蒙自] a Yunnanfou. 由蒙自全雲南府鐡路圖. Souvenir du Yunnan.'
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Covers part of southern Yunnan Province, showing hydrology, symbolised relief, the railway line, principal routes, and settlements. Place-names are given romanised with characters. Thirty photographs, of human and topographical interest, are reproduced in the margins.
'Plan General du Bassin Houllier Zonguldak Tchatal-Aghzi'
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Two copies of a map covering the town of Zonguldak and an area to the north-east, on the Black Sea coast of Anatolia. Shows hydrology, settlements, communication, and mining concessions
British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission. Reduced names traces
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Reduction of names traces to field traverse sheets 1 to 3 covering the British Somaliland - Ethiopia boundary. Both a French and an English version of each names trace has been reproduced on to this single acetate sheet. The original field traverse sheets at scale 1:125,000 are filed at WOOS/34/...
'Sketch Shewing Route Traversed by the Eastern Soudan Expeditny Force under the Command of El Lewa Holled Smith Pacha, Govr General Red Sea Littoral. Sketched by Lieutenant R.S. Curtis, R.E., attached to Egyptian Army.' 'Lithographed in the Intelligence Department. Cairo 25th March 1891.'
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Covers an area on the Red Sea Littoral between Suakin and the boundary with Eritrea, including the Ruins of Tokar. Shows hydrology, relief with form lines, vegetation, routes, and the locations of military activity, with dates. Includes 2 inset maps: 'Action of Afafit. 19.2.91' scale 1:5,280; ...
'Transvaal-Portuguese Frontr: between Incomati & Matingatinga Rivers. S: of Komati Poort.' - War Office ledger. Created under the auspices of H.E. Schoch and A.J'A. Franco.
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Boundary survey between Transvaal Colony and the District of Lourenço Marques in Portuguese East Africa. Covers the boundary section between the Incomati River and the Matingatinga River 15 miles southwards. Sheets portray hydrology, relief by form lines, railways, place names, boundary pillars ...
Covers an area in Chihli (直隸) to the north-west of Kalgan (張家口). Shows hydrology, routes, numbered settlements, and the line of the Great Wall, plotted on a graticule. The map is pasted down on to a larger backing-sheet. Place-names are given on the map sheet in EFEO romanisation; Wade-Giles equi...
'Chih-Li Province [直隸省]. Survey of Route followed by Lieutenant D. Pudsey.' - War Office ledger. 'Surveyed by Sowar Harnam Singh August 1906'.
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Covers a surveyed route from Yenkingchow [延慶州] to Fengning [豐寧] by way of Lungmenhsien [龍門縣]. Shows relief with form lines, local hydrology, and named and numbered settlements along the line of the route. The map is drawn in multiple sections on the sheets. Place-names are given in non-standard ...