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Published by Shanghai : Shanghai ci shu chu ban She, 2006
ISBN 10: 7532621375ISBN 13: 9787532621378
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Quality trade softcover of 192 pages in Chinese, clean and unmarked.
Published by T. L. Tower, 2007
ISBN 10: 0978559002ISBN 13: 9780978559007
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Perfect Paperback. Condition: New. 2nd.
Published by T. L. Tower, 2007
ISBN 10: 0978559002ISBN 13: 9780978559007
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book.
Published by T. L. Tower, 2006
ISBN 10: 0978559037ISBN 13: 9780978559038
Seller: Solr Books, Skokie, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 356 pages Size: 22cm.
Published by Sanxing Press, c1931]., [Guangzhou,, 1931
Seller: Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Map
Large plan of 1930s Hong Kong showing the cyclone scale Chromolithograph plan, inset maps of Kowloon, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and the New Territories, some strengthening to folds, a few old repairs. Fine and detailed plan of Victoria, Hong Kong. The plan stretches west to east from Belcher's Bay to North Point. All prominent public and private buildings are named and marked, as are tramways, streets, rivers, public telephone boxes, tracks, and the Mount Parker cable car. The Mount Parker Cable Car connected Quarry Gap (between Mount Parker and Mount Butler) and Quarry Bay near present day Yau Man Street. It was built to provide a means of transport for employees of the Swire Group between the staff quarters uphill, and Taikoo Dockyard and Taikoo Sugar Refinery downhill. It operated between 1892 and 1932. To the lower right is a plan of Guangzhou. To the left is an inset plan of the New Territories marking lighthouses, towns, villages, railways, mountains, and borders. Next to this is a table of the Hong Kong cyclone scale, from 1 to 10, including both daytime symbols, and night-time warning lights. A system of cyclone warnings had been initiated by the Hong Kong Observatory in 1884. By 1917, the system consisted of seven levels, denoting severity, wind direction and proximity to Hong Kong. In 1931, the system was amended to a scale of 1 to 10 - as here - with three new signals added - signals 2 and 3 signifying strong winds from southwest and southeast respectively, and signal 4, a non-local signal meaning that a dangerous typhoon exists but poses no imminent danger to Hong Kong. The four gale signals, renumbered 5 to 8, also had their directions changed to the four quadrants, while the original signals 6 and 7 were renumbered 9 and 10. Signals 2, 3 and 4 were discontinued in the late 1930s. To the upper left is an inset plan of Kowloon, and to the sea are depicted 20 national flags: France, America, China, England, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Austria, Siam, Brazil, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Norway, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, Sweden, and Germany; denoting the numerous countries that traded through Hong Kong. The plan would appear to have been somewhat of a success with later editions appearing throughout the 1930s. A slightly smaller example of around 1939, shows a new cyclone scale, and the number of flags has been reduced from 20 to 17.