'Manchuria, just across the Korean Frontier' - War Office ledger.
Scope & Content:
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'.
Scope & Content:
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.
Scope & Content:
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 ...
The journey proceeded from Peking (北京) south-westwards to Chengtu, Szechwan (成都, 四川), thence north to Lanchow, Kansu (蘭州, 甘肅), and south-westwards through Tsinghai (青海) and Tibet (西藏) to Sikkim.