CHINA.

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Map of China Shewing Railways, Telegraphs & Treaty Ports. The 1913 version of a map that was issued periodically throughout the 1910s. Drawn and printed at the Ordnance Survey Office in Southampton, it highlights railways built, in progress, and proposed, and two inset maps show links to Beijing and in Manchuria. A column of notes gives gauges, mileages, and notes on construction.The map shows that, at the onset of Republican rule, China had around a dozen lines in progress or planned - including a stretch linking Hankou to Canton - to complement the main lines connecting Beijing to Hankou, Shanghai, and Mukden. The side notes address the complexity of the railway network's governance and administration - lines were variously built, managed, and worked by combinations of foreign and Chinese organizations.

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