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Colour map of South Africa. Drawn by Edward Weller, FRGS. Printed by Blacking & Son. Glasgow, Edinburgh, & London.

approx. 545mm x 375mm

Sketch map in pencil showing Forrest's escape route from Tsekou [Cigu] on the 19th July to ~4th August at Yeh Chih [Yezhi]. The map was drawn by Forrest, presumably some time after the event, but is stored alongside the letter of the 10th October 1905, to which it relates. This may be an earlier version of the ink map (GB 235 FRG/1/1/1/1905/54).

Sketch map in ink showing Forrest's escape route from Tsekou [Cigu] on the 19th July to ~4th August at Yeh Chih [Yezhi]. The map was drawn by Forrest, presumably some time after the event, but is stored alongside the letter of the 10th October 1905, to which it relates.

Folder of papers relating to maps in Olive Hilliard's collection.
Papers include:
Copied list of Maps of Natal and Zululand, 1824-1910 from Journal of the Natal Society, no.2 Sept 1972 with attached note and correspondence from the University of Natal, November 1974.
Plant Collecting Permit, Olive Hilliard and Brian L. Burtt, Kingdom of Lesotho, January 1984
Note - list of names
Copy of hand drawn map, Sunnyside Farm, Lesotho.
Copy of hand drawn map, Meyers Farm, north of Middelburg, South Africa

7 maps various sizes, some with annotations

one map used in Forrest's article describing the geography and people of the Upper Salween during his visit there with Consul George Litton in late 1905. The article was published by the Royal Geographical Society in 1908 with this accompanying map, and again by the National Geographical Society in 1910.

This collection consists of material created and gathered from the expeditions of George Sherriff in Bhutan and Tibet during 1933-1949.

The collection consists of 5 sub-series: diaries, correspondence, expedition material, visual material, and plant collection documentation.

[1] Diaries: This series consists of the original diaries of George Sherriff during his expeditions.

[2] Correspondence: This series consists of a variety of correspondence from and to George Sherriff.

[3] Expedition Material: This series consists of a variety of expedition documents ranging from itineraries and maps to administration lists and passports.

[4] Visual Material: This series consists of a variety of material including: photographic material, films and videos. Photographic material ranges from prints and negatives taken by Sherriff and Ludlow to prints of digital images taken as exhibition documentation in 2014. The films are..... There have been dvd surrogates made of the films to ensure continued accessibility.

[5] Plant Collection Documentation: This series consists of a variety of material which includes plant and seed lists from their expedition with a large focus on Primula, Meconopsis and Rhododendrons, as well as publications gathered by Ludlow and Sherriff which cover their shared interest in the Himalayan region and it's flora and fauna. There is also a garden register donated by the Knox Finlay family detailing the progress of plants/seeds in their gardens acquired from various expeditions including Ludlow and Sherriff's between 1951-52.

3 maps of Great Cumbrae Island and 1 map labelled Provincia Della Spezia & Provincia di Massa Carrara (Italy)

1) "Important Fern sites" Great Cumbrae Island. Hand drawn. Photocopy.
2) "Sites of Botanical Value" Great Cumbrae Island. Digitally annotated.
3) "Cumbrae's Orchids" Great Cumbrae Island. Digitally annotated.
4) " Les vallees du Vara et du Magra se trouvent dans la Lunigiana" Italy. Annotated.

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 16; Yunnanfu to Lichiang A-ts’an-gko, 1931 entitled 'Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Vol. XVI, from January 1st 1931 to May 1st 1931'
The diary contains a pressed flower and a loose photograph of Joseph Rock taken by Edgar Snow in 1930.
There are maps drawn on some of the pages.
The diary contains information about Naxi pictograms.

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 13 [14 on spine]; Minya Konka to K’u-lu and Yung-ning, 1929 entitled 'Diary of Joseph F. Rock, from June 5th 1929 to August 31st 1929, Volume XIII [scored out] XIV'.
Some of the pages contain hand drawn maps.