Hong Kong – the ailing Qing dynasty leased to Great Britain, 1898

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Map of Hong Kong and the Territory leased to Great Britain

under the Convention between Great Britain and China, signed at Peking on the 9th of June 1898.

WAR OFFICE, GEOGRAPHICAL SECTION, GENERAL STAFF
Hong Kong,
1922
Colour lithographed map, dissected and mounted on linen, folding map.
745 by 990mm. (29.25 by 39 inches).
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An early, attractive, and detailed map of Hong Kong and the New Territories first published in 1905 and re-issued with additions in 1922. The coastline from Sai Kung to Mirs Point onwards was taken from Admiralty charts; that of Deep Bay, from the mouth of the Sham Chun River to South-West Point, from a survey by the P.W.D.; thence northward and westward from Admiralty charts; that of Lan Tao and adjacent islands from a 1-inch map compiled by Tate; and the New Territories f...

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