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'Originals (in 12 sheets) Major McAndrew's & Capt Kirkpatrick's Journey in Mongolia. Surveyor Hakim Khan' - sheet 1 verso
Scope & Content:
The line of the surveyed route proceeds from Kalgan (張家口), Chihli (直隸), across northern Shansi (山西) via Kweihwa (歸化) to Paotow (包頭), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), then down the Hwang Ho (黃河) via Tungkwan (潼關), Shensi (陕西) to Menghsien (孟縣), Honan (河南). The map is drawn in multiple sections on each sheet....
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.
'Ma-Ch'ang [馬廠] Camp and T'ang-Kuan-T'un [唐官屯] Surveyed by Naick Gurmukh Singh 33rd Burma Infantry'.
Scope & Content:
Covers a military camp and nearby village approximately 30 miles south-west of Tientsin (天津). Shows hydrology with embankments, roads, paths and telegraph lines, and settlements with buildings in outline. A table of reference relates to the layout and garrison of the military camp as at May, 190...
Pe-Kiang [北江] or North River Kwangtung [廣東] South China' 'C.W. Case-Morris Lieut[enant] 2[nd Battalion] R[oyal] W[est] Kent Reg[imen]t June 1906.
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' … a timed sketch, made from the bridge of a river gun boat.' The river and its immediate surrounds are mapped from Samshui (三水) northwards to Shiuchow (韶州). Shows hydrology, settlements and local communications. Relief, either side of the river, is shown by form lines. Includes topographical n...
'Map of first Mining Permit applied for by The Pekin Syndicate Ltd. In Ping-Ting-Chou [平定州] Shansi [山西]' '山西平定州平潭鎮福公司初請礦界圖.' 'P.T.C.26 A.J.M. Shaw 16:3:06'
Scope & Content:
The application area straddles the Tao River (桃河) to the north of Ping-Ting Chou. The map shows hydrology, relief with form lines, settlements, and the application boundary. Place names are given in Chinese characters with Wade-Giles romanisations.
The Hun Ho [渾河] valley', Chihli Province (直隸省). Endorsed: 'E.W.S. Mahon Lt. R.E. 15/5/02
Scope & Content:
A map of the river from its nearest point to Peking (北京), upstream as far as Kalgan (張家口).Shows hydrology, relief in the vicinity of the river, settlements, and the route taken by the Lieutenant Mahon. Non-standard romanisation of place-names has been corrected to Wade-Giles in red ink.
'Peking [北京] to Kalgan [張家口] Railway Reconnaissance. The Pei-ho [白河] and Yung-ning-ch'eng [永寧城] Routes, by Lieut: Mahon, R.E. and Havildar Tilbir Bhandari.' Surveyed during May 1902.
Scope & Content:
Shows hydrology, relief, numbered settlements, and local communications. With 6 pages of place-name lists (characters and Wade-Giles romanisation) attached to the respective sheets, and a separate title sheet.