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WOOG/300
- Record Id:
- 040-002913225
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025111862.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOOG/300
- Title:
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'China. Map of British Territory Wei-Hai-Wei Surveyed in the Autumn of 1898 with Theodolite, Plane Table, and Abney |Level'
'Surveyed and Drawn by a Party of Royal Engineers under the Superintendence of Major C. Penrose, R.E.' - title sheet
- Scope & Content:
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Covers the Territory in north-eastern Shantung Province leased by Great Britain from China under the Convention of 1898. Shows contoured relief, hydrology, settlements, communications, and the boundary of the Territory. Names of settlements are in non-standard romanised Chinese, natural features are named in English.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002891169
040-002913225 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOOG : War Office 'Originals of G.S.G.S. maps'
WOOG/300 : 'China. Map of British Territory Wei-Hai-Wei Surveyed in the Autumn of 1898 with Theodolite, Plane Table, and Abney… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0002]/036-002891169[0011]/040-002913225
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 4 map sheets, with a smaller title sheet
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1898
- End Date:
- 1898
- Date Range:
- 1898
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:31,680
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 121.912269,37.250401,122.499927,37.599988
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 121°54’44”-E 122°30’0”/N 37°36’0”-N 37°15’1”
- Orientation:
- West
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink and watercolour on paper; 70 x 96cm (printed title sheet: 20 x 33cm)
- Former External References:
- Original. 300.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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'Intelligence Division, War Office, No 1430.' The drawing appears to be the final state before printing.
The map was subsequently printed in 1899 as IDWO 1430 with the title 'Wei-Hai-Wei. Map of the territory leased by China to Great Britain under the Convention signed at Peking July 1st. 1898 & ratified at London October 5th. 1898.'
- Names:
- Penrose, Cooper, army officer, 1855-1927
- Places:
- Weihaiwei, Shantung, China