Yangtze Patrol: American Naval Forces in China
A Selected, Partially-Annotated Bibliography

Bretsneider, E. (1833-1901). Map of China: Mid China and the Yang Tze River. St. Petersburg: A. Iliin, 1898. Col. map, 24 x 70 cm. Scale 1:2,300,000.

Depicts the Yangtze River Watershed in 1898. [LC Location: G 7822 Y3 B7 MLC]

Ch’ang-Chiang Shu Shih Kua-chou Chen Piao Chung Ying Chiang Hsun Ch’uan T’u. [18--]. Col. map, 60 x 82 cm. Scale not given.

“Shows the location of forts on the Yangtze River from Chiukiang-Yangchow to the borders of the Nanking district”. LC Note. [LC Location: G 7822 Y3 R4 18-- C5]

Ch’ang-Chiang T’u. [18--]. Col. map, 74 x 140 cm. Scale ca. 1:400,000. [Chinese]

“Pictorial map showing flood control on the Yangtze and Han Rivers in Hopei Province.” LC Note. [LC Location: G 7822 Y3 N22 18-- C4]

Herrman, Albert. An Historical Atlas of China. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1966. 88 pages, col. maps. [NPS Location: REF G 2301 S1 H5]

Includes a map of the Ch’ing (Manchu) Dynasty ca 1900 showing the location and opening dates of the “treaty ports.”

Hsieh, Chiao-min. Atlas of China. New York: McGraw Hill, 1973. 282 pages, ill. [NPS Location: Atlas Case G 2305 H8]

Includes hydrography, stream networks, land use of the Yangtze valley.

Koreneff, M. M. Pilot Charts for Middle Yangtse Kiang. Shanghai: M. Koreneff, [1932]. 1 map on 9 sheets, 31 x 77 cm. Scale 1:90,040.

“These charts comprise courses, distances, berings [i.e. bearings], marks, regulations necessary for piloting & including the latest information issued from the River Inspector’s Office. … A reproduction of hand-drawn original. … Includes distance table.” LC Note. [LC Location: G 7822 Y3 P5 1932 K6 MLC].

Koreneff, M. M. Pilot Charts for the Lower Yang-tze Kiang. Shanghai: M. Koreneff, [1932]. 1 map on 18 sheets, 27 x 67 cm. and 27 x 22 cm. Scale 1:90,040 and 1:63,360.

“These charts comprise all courses, distances, bearings, and marks, necessary for piloting. … A reproduction of hand-drawn original. … Includes distance table.” LC Note. [LC Location: G 7822 Y3 P5 1932 K61 MLC].

Masumitsu, Kunisuke. Ch ok o fukin no zu. Meiji 13 [1880]. 2 maps, ms., col., 99 x 73 cm and 99 x 154 cm. Scale 1:407,747 and 1:300,000.

Shows roads along Yangtze River from present Shanghai, Kiangsu province to Wu-han City, Hupeh Province. LC Note. [LC Location: G 7822 Y3 svar M3].

Meng-ho-ying Hsun Ching Chiang Cheng Li Shu Chieh Chih T’u. [18--]. Col. map, 50 x 85 cm. Scale not given.

“Shows the location of forts on the Yangtze River from Kiang Yin to the vicinity of Chiukiang.” LC Note. [LC location: G 7822 Y3 R4 18--M4]

National Economic Atlas of China. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. 314 pages, col. maps. [NPS Location: Atlas G 2306 G1 K813 1994]

Exceptionally comprehensive graphic depictions of Chinese economic statistics and information including navigable rivers.

Population Atlas of China. New York: Oxford University Press in association with China Statistics Publishing House, 1987. 217 pages, col. maps.

Includes a good representation of the riverine drainage systems. Yangtze River usually prominently delineated in each map.

Rajchman, Marthe. A New Atlas of China: Land, Air and Sea Routes. New York: John Day Company, 1941. 24 pages, maps. [NPS Location: Atlas Case G 2306 P1 R2]

Descriptive text by the staff of Asia magazine. Introduction by H.E. Yarnell, a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral. Based on information roughly contemporaneous with Yangtze Patrol activities. Includes rivers accessible via steam navigation.

Tales of Old Shanghai. 24 July, 1998. Online. Eastern Web Services. Available: 7 August 1998.

This web page features reproductions of nine maps ranging in production date from 1817 to 1945, mostly emphasizing Shanghai and environs, but including one which shows the 1918 treaty ports.

Tuan, Pi-k’uei. Ch’uan Ts’ao Yun Tao T’u. 1884. Col. map, 20 x 66 cm. Scale 1:750,000. [Chinese]

“Shows the combined waterways, points of interest, and dikes of the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River from Peking via Yangchou to Tung-t’ing hu in Honan.” LC Note. [LC Location: G 7822 G7 1884 T8]

United States. Central Intelligence Agency. China; Provisional Atlas of Communist Administrative Units. Washington: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1959. 29 col. maps, 14 leaves, 49 x 60 cm. [NPS Location: Atlas Case G 2306 F7 U3]