Lot# 1289

showing China’s proposed transport and development network, with railways, branch lines, waterways, shipping routes, ports and major cities, together with inset maps of Manchuria, Canton, Shanghai, Tientsin and other key areas. Such maps relate to the early Republican vision of national reconstruction associated with Sun Yat-sen’s Industrial Plan, emphasizing railways, ports and communications as the foundation of China’s modernization, an attractive historical map with collectible and research interest.