RUSI maps volume LXIV : the Far East Map.

Format:

Map/Atlas

Contributor:

British Library, owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877.

Burghall, George.

Cartography.

Asia--Ava (Kingdom).

Burma.

China--Guangzhou.

China--Zhoushan Shi.

Vietnam.

Genre:

Maps

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Production:

[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [date of production not identified]

Summary:

Contains: (1) Reconnoitring sketch of a portion of Arracan by Lieutenants Wroughton and Thomson, February 28 1825. RUSI number V8.28. (2) A topographical plan of the city and fortifications of Arracan, 1825, by Robert Wroughton. RUSI number V8.29. Map oriented with West at top. (3) Map of Canton (Guangzhou), marked 'the map I used during the operations of storming and advance on to Canton (Guangzhou) in December 1857' and signed W. M. McCrealock. RUSI number A15.27. (4) Chart of the Island of Chusan enlarged from Dalrymple's chart of 1702 and corrected in many places by observations made during an expedition under Captain Sir H. Le Fleming Senhouse on HMS Blenheim between 30 August and 4 September 1840 and completed by John Pascoe second master of Blenheim. Map oriented with West at top. RUSI number V5.15. The map was made for use in operations connected with the first Opium war 1839-42. (5) The river Irrawaddy from Ava to Bamo drawn by Lieutenant brown from old maps and plans and from his own observations. RUSI number A44.3. (6) Plan of the Macao-fort, Canton, Tatee and Taishan channels by Commander Edward Belcher, HMS Sulphur, 1841. RUSI number V5.5. (7) Plan du detroit du Malac. RUSI number A19.56. (8) Copy of a survey by Major Allen shewing positions Amarapoora, Ava and Tsagain with position of Mandalay added by Lieutenant Brown. RUSI number A44.4. (9) Sketch amp of the Myaing township, Pakoku distric, upper Burma, by Moung San Done, Thungyip of Myaing, April 1877. RUSI number A44.2. (10) Plan of the position of the Army at Rangoon 1 July 1824, by Edward Lake. RUSI number V8.30. (11) Plan of the river of Saigon drawn by Captain Viot. RUSI Number A19.59. (12) Survey of the Promontory of the Island of Sumatra taken in 1770 by George Burghall, this copy by Mr Whatfield. Unfinished. RUSI number A20.14. (13) Sketch map of the Tagaya district, Upper Burma, by Moung San Done, Thungyip of Myaing, 1887. In Malay. RUSI number A44.1.

Notes:

Reference: Add MS 57699

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