Plan of Nanking, 1903
A pictorial city plan of Nanking (Nanjing), China, from 1903, showing Yang Tsze Keang (Yangtze River), the walls of the city, and various roads. Today it is known as Nanjing, but this city has had many names throughout its history. "Nanking, or ...

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 Peking...

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, and the British...

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 cities....

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 of Victoria,...

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 distances betw...

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 region. Steamshi...

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 Hu...

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 trade). This map sh...

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 courses of the...