Portrays new and proposed railway developments in northern German East Africa. Base maps are GSGS 3026 sheets Kilimanjaro and Karagwe (A2) produced at the Ordnance Survey Office in 1915 and 1917 respectively. Sheets portray hydrology, relief by spot heights and form lines, forests, roads and tr...
'Kericho, Map of' and 'Kericho Cantonment' - War Office ledger, which also gives 'Lt. S.W.H. Rawlins 4th K.A.R.' as author
Scope & Content:
The maps show a settlement and military station in western East Africa Protectorate, indicating relief with contours, hydrology, vegetation, cultivation, roads, paths, principle buildings, washing and drinking places and latrines. Include also short descriptions of survey methodology
'Serial Numbers of the Work of No. 6 Topo Section Tanganyika Territory'. '6th Topo. Section, R.E. 1915-1917.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Numbered index listing of 'Plane-table Surveys of areas Lindi, Morogoro etc., of towns & camps; route compass surveys; sketches; compilation from various sources; copies of German sketches etc.' - War Office ledger.
A large-scale plan showing the dockyards and associated buildings at Quarry Point on the north coast of Hong Kong Island. The area covered extends from eastern Quarry Bay to Sai Wan Ho and the centre of the plan corresponds approximately to Tai Koo MTR station.
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...