Maps

Hong Kong & Canton. China Scale 1:250,000.

Geographical Section. General Staff, No. 3825. Published at the War Office, 1927. 2nd edition 1934. Names revised 1938. Air information to May, 1934.

Compiled and drawn at W.O. 1927, partially redrawn and heliographed at O.S. 1933, and printed at W.O. 1938.

The Northern Boundary of Hong Kong and the New Territories, where not shewn. follows the high water mark of Deep Bay and Mirs Bay.

This map belonged to a man who used it to write a book about his escape from a Prisoner of War camp at Sham Shui Po on July 17th 1944.  This dangerous escape over several months, assisted by the British Army Aid Group, and the British Military, saw the escapee return to his homeland, New Zealand - one of the most daring escapes of WW 2. His escape from the POW camp, following a dangerous climb over an electrified fence, were spent in typhoon conditions that no doubt prevented him being tracked down by searching troops and dogs.

This is a scarce map of "The Greater Bay Area" in 1938.