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Shinchiku, Formosa (Taiwan), Shinchiku-Shu. A.M.S. L991
- Description:
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Alternate title: Shinchiku. In upper left margin: Formosa city plans 1:10,000. Polyconic projection. Relief shown by 10 meter contour intervals. Place names are transcribed according to the Modified Hepburn (Romaji) System. With a glossary. Name has been changed to Hsin-chu [Hsinchu]. Compiled from aerial photography dated October 1943, February 1944, and September 1944, by photo-planimetric method and by reference to Formosa 1:50,000, A.M.S., Sheets 2221-I and 2221-II, 1944; Town Plan of Shinchiku 1:7,400 approx., OSS, No. 3356, 1944; Formosa 1:25,000, A.M.S. Sheet 2221-II NE, 1944. Additional Information from intelligence data. Relief shown by 10 meter contour intervals. Military grid. Three classes of roads or trails, four classes of railroads, two types of internal boundaries, and areas of vegetation and cultivation are shown. Some buildings are named. "Place names are transcribed according to the modified Hepburn (Romaji) system." Includes "Glossary." Marginal maps and diagrams: Index to boundaries.--Coverage diagram. East Decimal Degree 121.000000. South Decimal Degree 24.800000. West Decimal Degree 120.916667. AMS 1. North Decimal Degree 24.850000.
- Resource Link:
- https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9968309233506421
- Identifier:
- ark:/88435/zk51vj366
- 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, Hsinchu City (Taiwan)—Maps, and Maps
- Theme:
- Topographic maps, Taiwan—Maps, Hsinchu City (Taiwan)—Maps, and Maps
- Spatial Coverage:
- Taiwan
- Access Rights:
- Public
- Format:
- TIFF