Map of downtown Shanghai

Original title : Map of downtown Shanghai

Year : 1945

Map support : Digital

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Digitized file : Yes

Map type : Source maps

Size : Unknown

Scale : Unknown

Comments : This map was published in a guide produced in November 1945 for members of the Flying Tigers, a famous U.S. military units that fought in China during the anti-Japanese war and assisted the Nationalists in their civil war against the Communists. The map actually shows the central district of the International Settlement. The map indicates a few major places in this area: 1. New Asia Hotel 15. Cathay Hotel 2. Embankment Building 16. Chocolate Shop 3. Navy Motor Pool 17. Chase National Bank 4. Broadway Mansions 18. Palace Hotel 5. Astor House (NABU 13) 6. Capitol Theater 19. Customs Jetty 7. Navy Y.M.C.A. 20. Metropol Hotel 8. Navy Supply 21. Cable Office Warehouse 22. American Club 9. Glen Line Building 23. Development Building 10. Grand Theater 24. Hamilton House 11. Park Hotel 25. Y.M.C.A. 12. Foreign Y.M.C.A. 26. Wheelock Building 13. Pacific Hotel 27. Stars and Stripes 14. Navy Officer's Club 28. Nanking Theater

Keywords : IS;

Place of publication : Shanghai

URL :
http://www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-tigmap.htm