'ROUGH MAP OF THE COUNTRY AROUND KOWEIT. (PERSIAN GULF) (Not drawn to Scale) by Captain E.A Simons R N.(1902).'
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The map shows a region around Koweit [Kuwait] on the Persian Gulf, indicating territorial boundaries, tribal regions, caravan routes and settlements. The map also indicates caravan journey times between some settlements, and provides short notes on tribal regions, journey times and boundaries. ...
A traveller in Yun-nan. Groom is a Chinese Shan. Mule from Yun-nan city. A K'e-la (or tame Wa) village in background. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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Portrait of Wingate seated on a mule, his Shan groom standing on the right holding the animal's bridle.
A traveller in Yun-nan. Groom is a Chinese Shan. Mule from Yun-nan city. A K'e-la (or tame Wa) village in background. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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Portrait of Wingate seated on a mule, his Shan groom standing on the right holding the animal's bridle.
En route to interview the Viceroy of yun-kuei. The first British uniform in Yun-nan city. Understand the city wall, inside. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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Procession posed in front of the city walls of Kunming, the leading figures bearing a sedan chair, in front of which Wingate stands, in uniform. Wingate arrived in Kunming on 8 February 1899, and was obliged to wait for about 12 days before being granted an interview with Sung-fan, Viceroy of Yü...
En route to interview the Viceroy of yun-kuei. The first British uniform in Yun-nan city. Understand the city wall, inside. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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Procession posed in front of the city walls of Kunming, the leading figures bearing a sedan chair, in front of which Wingate stands, in uniform. Wingate arrived in Kunming on 8 February 1899, and was obliged to wait for about 12 days before being granted an interview with Sung-fan, Viceroy of Yü...
A Chinese rough and ready 'Sedan Chair' for the mountains. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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View of a man being carried on a wooden chair slung over poles carried by two porters. Wingate's additional note on the conveyance reads: 'A suggestion for hill-warfare. These two men carried the man on the chair up and down 2,000 and 3,000 feet of steep mountain-side, and across rapid-flowing r...
