Route from Wei Hui Fu [衛輝府] to Pai Po Kou [白鶴渡口?] (Honan [河南] Province). Reduced by Havildar Tilbir Bhindari 9th G[urkha] R[ifles]. From a survey belonging to the Pekin Syndicate
Scope & Content:
Covers a route in northern Honan from Weihui, 80 miles west-south-west to Menghsien (孟縣), then a further 15 miles west along the north bank of the Yellow River [黃河] to Pai Ko Kou. Shows the line of the route, and settlements. Place-names are given in Wade-Giles romanisation
Maps and associated material relating to a journey by Consul C.W. Campbell In Outer Chihli (外直隸) and Mongolia from June to October 1902. Surveyed and drawn by Havildar Chabbee Singh, 38th Dogras, who accompanied Consul Campbell on the journey.
Scope & Content:
Comprises a set of 8 sheets with a large single-sheet reduction, both covering the whole route; 5 pages of place-name lists; and 2 small town plans. The original 23 field sheets, referenced on the two versions of the route maps and on the name lists, are not present.
Two versions of a map of land on the left bank of the Yangtze Kiang (揚子江) between Hochow, Anhwei Province (和州, 安徽), and Chinkiang, Kiangsu Province (鎮江, 江蘇), with a booklet of place-names. The War Office ledger gives 'Intelligence Branch, North China Command' as the author.
Scope & Content:
Includes the larger settlements of Kiangpu (江浦), Pukow (浦口) and Yangchow (揚州).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
17 map sheets with one leaf of text and a booklet (48p.)
'Chin-Kiang [鎮江]. Surveyed by Naik Gurmukh Singh 33rd Burmah Infantry March 1903. Drawn by L[an]ce Havildar Sheikh Abdul Kadir 28th Bo[mbay] Pioneers. May 1903. I.B. China Force.' The War Office ledger gives 'Intelligence Branch, North China Command' as the author.
Scope & Content:
Shows relief, hydrology, streets and buildings, and indicates hulks and jetties belonging to trading companies. Names on the map are predominantly in English. A 'Table of Reference' gives 53 romanised Chinese place names related to numbers on the map.
Two copies of a map 'Parts of Honan [河南], Shan-hsi [山西] and Chih-Li [直隸].' 'Peking Syndicate Survey. Season 1902, 03'
Scope & Content:
Each copy comprises 17 sheets with a small index sheet. Covers the region north and west of the line: Hwaiking (懷慶) – Weihui (衛輝) – Changte (Anyang) (彰德(安陽)) – Tzechow (磁州). Shows relief, hydrology, settlements and roads. Place-names are given in Wade-Giles romanisation.
Port of Ch'in-Wang-Tao [秦皇島] From original Surveys, and from Plans supplied by the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company.
Scope & Content:
Comprises the original tracing and a blue-print copy. Coverage extends inland to a distance of approximately 4 miles. Shows relief and hydrology, road and rail communications, settlements, and bathymetry in the area of the port. Names of settlements are given in Wade-Giles romanisation: topograp...
Canton-Hankow Railway. (Sam Shui Branch). T.W.G. Bryan Major R[oyal] G[arrison] A[rtillery] Canton, 20th June 1904
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Shows the route of the railway line between Canton (廣州) and Samshui (三水) in Kwangtung province (廣東). Relief is indicated in red ink. The two sheets (b & c) cover respectively, the Canton to Fatshan (佛山), and the Fatshan to Samshui sections of the line. Sheet (b) includes an inset showing She...
'Chih-Li Province [直隸省] outside the Great Wall' - War Office ledger 'Reduction of original plane-table route traverses by Lieut: [H.J.] Doveton 21st Punjabis and Sepoy Hussain Khan 30th Punjabis June-July 1904. Prepared in the Intelligence Branch North China Command - August 1904'
Scope & Content:
Coverage is centred on the southern end of the Greater Khingan Range (大興安嶺), extending from the northern suburbs of Peking (北京), through northern Chihli to the adjacent part of Inner Mongolia (内蒙古). Shows hydrology, settlements and roads, and includes a graticule. Topographical features are in E...