WILLIS, Bailey.

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Research in China 1903-1904: Geographical and Geological Maps. First edition, issued to accompany the three-volume report of the Carnegie Expedition to China. Building on the fieldwork of Ferdinand von Richthofen, Bailey Willis and his team traversed 3,000 miles on foot and by train, pony, and boat, becoming the first to conduct geological surveys in China using modern scientific techniques.Willis (1857-1949) worked for the United States Geological Survey between 1884 and 1915. His 1903-4 expedition group, including Eliot Blackwelder (stratigrapher), Harvey Sargent (topographer), and Li Shan (guide), travelled along the newly constructed Trans-Siberian Railway and entered the north part of China. Their route took in Shandong, Beijing, Xi'an, and Sichuan, ending with a downriver journey through the Yangtze Gorges to Shanghai. Several decades later, Willis narrated his experiences in Friendly China: Two Thousand Miles Afoot among the Chinese (1949).

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