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Tansui, Formosa (Taiwan), Taihoku-shu. A.M.S. L991

Description:

Relief shown by 20 meter contour intervals with 10 meter auxiliary countours. Map shows various types of roads, railroads, internal boundaries, communication facilities, land forms, areas of cultivation, etc., in detail. One thousand polyconic grid. Map is part of a completed set of 109 sheets. "All place names transcribed according to the modified Hepburn (Romaji) system." Includes a glossary. Includes index to boundaries, and to adjoining sheets. East Decimal Degree 121.450000. West Decimal Degree 121.416667. AMS 1. South Decimal Degree 25.166667. North Decimal Degree 25.183333. Alternate title: Tansui. In upper left margin: Formosa city plans 1:8,000. Polyconic projection. Relief shown by 10 meter contour intervals.Compiled from aerial photography dated September 1944 by photo-planimetric method and by reference to Formosa 1:50,000, Japanese Imperial Land Survey, Tansui, 1928; Tansui 1:18,400, G.S.G.S. No. 134, 1944; Formosa 1:25,000, A.M.S. Sheet 2322-I SE, 1944. Additional information from intelligence data. Place names are transcribed according to the Modified Hepburn (Romaji) System. With a glossary. Name has been changed to Tan-shui [Tanshui].

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9968311703506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/m613n015x

Language:

en and English

Creator:

United States. Army Map Service

Publisher:

Washington, D.C. : Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1945.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Image

Subject:

Topographic maps, Taiwan—Maps, Quadrangle maps, and Maps

Theme:

Topographic maps, Taiwan—Maps, Quadrangle maps, and Maps

Spatial Coverage:

Taiwan

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF