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Burma-China Boundary Commission

event1900

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A topographic map of the Burma-China border spread over five sheets. High points are marked with their heights so they can be used for triangulation. Settlements, rivers, trade routes and footpaths are also shown.

Burma-China Boundary Commission: Reconnaissance map. Southern party

event1900

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A topographic reconnaissance map of the Burma-China border. High points are marked with their heights so they can be used for triangulation. Settlements, rivers, trade routes and footpaths are also shown.

Burma

event1899

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A large-scale topographical map of the states of Hsipaw, Lawksawk and Mongkung, within the Shan State of Burma (Myanmar). Elevation is indicated by contour lines, and travel and trade routes, villages, areas of cultivation and markets are also shown.

City of Mandalay and environs

event1894

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Map of the Burmese city of Mandalay on the Irrawaddy River. The city has a grid of roads and buildings, dominated by Fort Dufferin (formerly Mandalay Palace). The surrounding country has villages, crops, agricultural ponds and irrigation channels.

District Katha

event1894

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Map of the district of Katha in northern Burma (Myanmar) featuring the Irrawaddy River, and the Mu Valley State Railway (still partially under construction). High points are marked with their heights so they can be used for triangulation.

District Ruby Mines

event1893

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Map of the district of Ruby Mines in northern Burma (Myanmar) featuring the Irrawaddy and Shweli rivers. High points are marked with their heights so they can be used for triangulation. As the name suggests, the district was known for its rubies.

British Burma, Pegu division: With additions to railways up to 1891

event1891

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Topographical map of the Pegu Division of British Burma (Myanmar), spread over four sheets. In addition to mountains, forests, rivers and wetlands, rice fields, routes (road, railway, path, telegraph), villages and pagodas are marked.

Map to show lines of advance on Manipur

event1891

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Map of three routes taken by British troops through the mountains to the Indian city of Manipur (Imphal) during the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891. The map includes part of Burma to the east.

South eastern frontier

eventc.1890-1906

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Very detailed large-scale map of the southeast border of Burma (Myanmar) and Siam (Thailand), divided into districts. Spread over multiple sheets, seems incomplete (some sheets appear more than once, probably from different versions of the same map).

Parts of Burma, Siam and the Shan States

event1886

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This map charts the journey of Holt S. Hallett as he searched for a suitable route for a railway to transport British goods from Burma to Thailand and China. He wrote the book ‘A Thousand Miles on an Elephant in the Shan States’ about his expedition.

Military cantonments: town and suburbs of Akyab, 1853-54

event1866

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Plan of British military installations in the port town of Akyab, Burma (Sittwe, Myanmar), featuring piers on the Kolladyne River (Kaladan River), hospitals, a work house, mission house, hotel, bazaar, burial grounds, religious buildings etc.

Map of the Eastern Frontier of British India, with the adjacent countries

event1838

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Regional and local borders are colour-coded, with mountains and rivers, settlements, paths/roads and names of local peoples marked. Notes such as ‘Gold dust found in these streams’ and ‘Rich in Tin’ add detail. Only two of four sheets are available.

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