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Seira, Formosa (Taiwan). A.M.S. L991

Description:

Alternate title: Seira. In upper left margin: Formosa city plans 1:8,000. Polyconic Projection. Relief shown by 10 meter contour intervals and auxiliary contours at 5 and 2.5 meter intervals. Place names are transcribed according to the modified Hepburn (Romaji) System. With a glossary. Name has been changed to Hsi-lo [Hsilo]. Compiled in 1944 from aerial photography dated June 1944 by photo-planimetric method and by reference to Formosa 1:25,000, A.M.S., sheet 2118-II NE, 1944 and Formosa 1:25,000, Japanese imperial Land Survey, Seira 1929. Additional information from intelligence data. Military grid. "Contour interval 10 meters with auxiliary contours at 5 meter and 2 1/2 meter intervals." Three classes of roads or trails, two classes of railroads, and areas of vegetation and cultivation are shown. "Place names are transcribed according to the modified Hepburn (Romaji) system." Includes "Glossary." Marginal maps and diagrams: Index to boundaries.--Coverage diagram. South Decimal Degree 23.783333. West Decimal Degree 120.416667. North Decimal Degree 23.800000. East Decimal Degree 120.450000. AMS 1.

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9968309223506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/r207tq881

Language:

en and English

Creator:

United States. Army Map Service

Publisher:

Washington, D.C. : U.S. Army Map Service, 1944. and Washington, D.C. : Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1945.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Image

Subject:

Xiluo Zhen (Taiwan)—Maps, Taiwan—Maps, Yunlin County (Taiwan)—Maps, military maps, Maps, Military maps, and Topographic maps

Theme:

Xiluo Zhen (Taiwan)—Maps, Taiwan—Maps, Yunlin County (Taiwan)—Maps, military maps, Maps, Military maps, and Topographic maps

Spatial Coverage:

Taiwan

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF