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'Manchuria, just across the Korean Frontier' - War Office ledger.
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A set of 6 six sketch maps covering the region around Tunghwa (通化), now in Kirin Province (吉林省), close to the Korean border. With the exception of map no. 6, which comprises 3 sheets, each map is on a single sheet. Map no. 4 is present in 2 copies. The maps variously indicate relief, hydrology, r...
A Map and a Gradient Profile of the Railway Line from Chengting, Chihli [正定, 直隸], to Taiyuan, Shansi [太原, 山西]. 'Compagnie Imperiale des Chemins de Fer Chinois'.
'Mongolian territory now incorporated into Manchuria. G. Pereira Lt. Col. Grenadier Guards Military Attaché, Peking 14th July 1908'.
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Two copies of a sketch map covering a route north from Chengkiatun (鄭家屯) to Taonan (洮南), both now in Kirin (吉林) province. Generalised hydrology is indicated, also settlements along the line of the route. A text panel mentions terrain, and that the map was plotted from information received from M...
Covers the old city of Lanchow bounded by the outer city walls.Shows principal roads and the inner and outer city walls. Names of streets are given in Chinese with Wade-Giles romanisations. Principal buildings are given in Chinese with English translations. A list in the margin provides names for...
'Route from Peking [北京] to Gangtok (India) via Lhasa [拉薩] & return journey from Bhamo (Burma).' - War Office ledger. 2 journeys undertaken by Brigadier General George Pereira 1921-23.
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Fair drawn copies done in the War Office (M.I.4) from Pereira's originals, with accompanying notes. The journeys traverse the following provinces: Chihli (直隸), Shansi (山西), Shensi (陕西), Honan (河南), Szechwan (四川), Kansu (甘肅), Yunnan (雲南) and Tibet (西藏), and Hainan (海南) Island. The map sheets show ...
Shows the routes of aerial, underground, and submarine electric power cables on 2 copies of the same base map. The base map is dated 1924; the power lines were added in 1926.
Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section) Plan of Main Line
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Comprises a plan with a gradient profile. Gives distances in miles, gradients as fractions, and shows numbered cuttings, tunnels and bridges, and station names. Includes two tables providing technical data on cuttings and tunnels, and bridges. This section of the line runs from the terminus at Ts...
Hong Kong – Kowloon 1:10,000 plan. (Re-adjustment of grid lines).
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The maps relate to the built-up areas along the northern margin of Hong Kong Island, and the Kowloon Peninsula south of Mong Kok.The material was produced to illustrate a possible gridding error on a new map. The scale statement applies to the 2 manuscript sheets.