'Sketch Map of Nisab-Wadi Beihan Route'. Created by Flight Lieutenant A R M Rickards, Royal Air Force.
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Covers an area of approximately sixty miles by eighty miles in western Aden Protectorate, and depicts an expedition route from Nisab 50 miles westwards to Wadi Beihan. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and spot heights, settlements, landing grounds, place names and the expedition route, and...
Map of Major C.D. Bruce's route from Leh, Kashmir to Tsinghing (井陘), Chihli (直隸), in 1905. 'Surveyed by Lal Singh R.S. Surveyor'. (Sheets 11-13 'assisted by Naik Ismail Khan'.)
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The principal places shown on the map, include Kerija, Cherchen and Chaklik, in Sinkiang (新疆); Tunhwang (敦煌), Suchow (肅州), Kanchow (甘州), Liangchow (凉州), Lanchow (蘭州) and Kingyang (慶陽), all in Kansu (甘肅); Fuchow (富州) and Yenan (延安) in Shensi (陕西); and Fenchow (汾州) and Taiyuan (太原) in Shansi (山西). ...
Despatch from W.H. Wilkinson, Consul-General for Yünnan and Kueichow to the Government of Burma, no. 13, 17th April 1905.
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Relates to the proposal of the Anglo-French Quicksilver and Mining Concession to construct a railway from Changsha, Hunan (長沙, 湖南) to Kueiyang, Kueichow (貴陽, 貴州). Comprises a cover leaf, together with a paper 'Note on the Yuen River [沅江] and its Overland connection with Kueiyang Fu, the capital o...
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...
'Hsing hua Fu [興化府] & Chuan Chou Fu [泉州府]'. Endorsed 'E Hearle Cole Major XI Bengal Lancers'.
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Shows hydrology, routes, settlements and the prefecture boundaries. Relief is indicated by small inverted chevrons. Place-names are numbered, and given in Wade-Giles romanisation.
'Aden Hinterland:- Plane-table Sketches of Areas Round Landing Grounds - Ahwar, Beihan, Laudar, Mishal & Nishab.' - War Office ledger. Created by Major R E Fryer R E and Captain T A N Bent R E.
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Manuscript map series covering five landing ground areas in Aden Protectorate to a radius of approximately five miles. Maps titled: Plane Table Sketch of Ahwar Landing-Ground Area Plane Table Sketch of Beihan Landing-Ground Area Plane Table Sketch of Laudar Landing-Ground Area Plane Table Sketch...