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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: China, 1912
A relief map from 1912 of China and the Chinese Empire at the time. The map shows mountain systems, basins, deserts, plains, major rivers, coastal features, and islands of the region. The Great Wall of China is shown, as well as major...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: China, 1920
A map from 1920 of southern China (China Proper) showing the province borders at the time, including Tibet and Chinese Turkistan, and the frontiers of Mongolia and Manchuria. The map shows provincial capitals and major cities, railways,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: China, 1920
A map from 1920 of China and the Empire of Japan at the time. The map shows political boundaries and foreign possessions, capitals, provincial capitals, major cities, treaty ports, existing and proposed railroads, canals, submarine...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: China, 1920
A map from 1920 of China and the Empire of Japan at the time. The map shows political boundaries and foreign possessions, capitals, provincial capitals, major cities, treaty ports, existing and proposed railroads, canals, submarine...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Peking, 1912
A map from 1912 of the environs of Peking (Beijing) at the time. The map shows the Imperial Palace, the divisions of the Manchu Town, Imperial Town, and Chinese Town, the railways and major railway stations, the Nan-hai-tsz or Imperial...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Hong Kong, 1912
A map from 1912 of the Pearl River delta from Canton (Guangzhou) to Hong Kong and Macao on the China Sea. At this time, Hong Kong was a possession of Great Britain, and Macao was officially a Portuguese colony. This map shows the river...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North China, 1971
" North China includes the densely populated and intensively cultivated North China Plain, the loess-covered uplands of Shansi, northern Shensi, and eastern Kansu, and the sparsely populated, semiarid steppes of Inner Mongolia....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South China, 1971
"South China comprises the drainage basins of the middle and lower Yangtze River, the basin of the His Chiang (West River) in Kwangtung and Kwangsi; and the mountainous coastal provinces of Fukien and Chekiang. The division between the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Chinese Empire, 1906
A map from 1906 of the Chinese Empire, showing the political boundaries of the time, major cities, treaty ports, foreign possessions, railroads, terrain, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. Two inset maps detail the Korean Peninsula,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northern China, 1912
A map from 1912 of the northern Chinese provinces at the end of the ruling Qing Dynasty. The map shows the political boundaries of the time, foreign possessions, provincial capitals, major cities, ports, railways, steamship routes with...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Southern China, 1912
A map from 1912 of the southern China provinces at the end of the ruling Qing Dynasty.The map shows the political divisions at the time, province capitals and major cities, ports, railways, rivers, coastal features and islands of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northeast China, 1971
"Northeast China - the provinces of Heilungkiang, Kirin, and Liaoning - is the most important region of the country and a nationally significant and still-developing center of agricultural production. Most of the Northeast remained...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Hong Kong Island, 1912
A map from 1912 of the British colony on Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong was ceded to the British from the Qing Dynasty of China in 1842 under the Treaty of Nanking. The map shows the Hong Kong Harbor and Man of War anchorage around the city...
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Etc: Battle of Mukden, Feb 20, 1905 March 10, 1905
A sketch map of the Manchurian battle site of Mukden, the last major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). The map shows the main Russian and Japanese entrenchment lines along the Shaho River between 23 February and 9 March,...
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Etc: Battle of Mukden, Feb 22, 1905 March 10, 1905
A sketch map of the Manchurian battle site of Mukden, the last major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). This map is mislabeled, indicating the battle timeframe was April 22 to March 10, 1905. The dates should read...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Canton and Hong Kong, 1919
A map from 1919 of the Pearl River delta from Canton (Guangzhou) to Hong Kong and Macao on the China Sea. At this time, Hong Kong was a possession of Great Britain, and Macao was officially a Portuguese colony. This map shows the river...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Shanghai and Environs, 1912
A map from 1912 of the area around Shanghai, China. The Chinese city of Shanghai is of strategic importance for trading because of its location at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and was at this time a treaty port (open to foreign...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: China's Province Names, 1971
" Chinese place names may take on picturesque qualities when rendered in literal translation.
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Etc: Maps Etc: The Battle of Liao Yang, August 24 to September 4, 1904
A map of the battle site around the Manchurian city of Liao Yang during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Liao Yang was a strategic city along the Port Arthur-Mukden spur of the China Far East Railway that tied to the Trans-Siberian...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Railroad Network of China, 1971
A map from 1971 showing the railway network in China, indicating the post-1949 construction and expansion of the network, primarily to the west and north into the less developed and sparsely populated regions of the country.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Ethnolinguistic Groups of China, 1971
" Ethnolinguistic Groups - Almost all inhabitants of mainland China are of Mongoloid stock, and ethnic distinctions in the country are largely linguistic rather than racial. The Han comprise nearly 95 percent of the population; the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Population Distribution of China, 1971
A map from 1971 showing comparative population distribution patterns of China and the United States. The map illustrates the terrain barriers to population development in China, and the trend to dense populations along the coast and...
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Etc: Theater of the Russo Japanese War, 1904 1905
A sketch map of the Liaotung Peninsula in Manchuria, showing the principal area of conflict during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. This map shows the China Far East Railway between Port Arthur and Mukden, and the spur route to...
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Etc: Maps Etc: The Great Powers and Imperialism in China, 1919
A map of China from 1919 showing the territorial possessions claimed in the country under European and Japanese imperialism after the Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895) between Japan and China, and the Conference of Paris, or Paris Peace...