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WOMAT/RAS/CHI/67
- Record Id:
- 040-002339672
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000656.0x0000c3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/RAS/CHI/67
- Title:
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'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:
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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 English; place-names are given in Wade-Giles romanisation. The two sheets were printed from the same original, which is not present. The dyeline has additions in crayon marking additional routes, and the extent of the Imperial Hunting Ground at Weichang (圍場).
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002226339
038-002297443
040-002339672 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/RAS : 'Material - Rest of World' - Asia
WOMAT/RAS/CHI : Material. China.
WOMAT/RAS/CHI/67 : Chih-Li Province [直隸省] outside the Great Wall' - War Office ledger'Reduction of original plane-table route traverses… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0002]/037-002226339[0003]/038-002297443[0066]/040-002339672
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1904
- End Date:
- 1904
- Date Range:
- 1904
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:506,880
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 115.0000,40.0000,119.0000,43.2900
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 115°0’0”-E 119°0’0”/N 43°17’24”-N 40°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
- Unavailable as awaiting conservation
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Blue-print; 90 x 68cm. Dyeline, with manuscript additions in coloured crayon; 90 x 68cm.
- Former External References:
- Mat. China 67.
- Administrative Context:
- With G.O.C. N. China's 707 of 30/8/04
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Army. North China Command. Intelligence Branch, Great Britain and Ireland, 1903-
Doveton, Hector James, army officer, 1878-1931
Khan, Hussain, military surveyor, fl 1904 - Places:
- Chihli, China
Greater Khingan Range, China
Inner Mongolia, China
Peking, Chihli, China
Weichang, Chihli, China - Related Material:
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Aspects of this survey expedition are described in: A.W.S. Wingate, 'Nine years' survey and exploration in northern and central China', The Geographical Journal, 29-2 (1907) 174-200 (pp. 183-186).