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Title: Map showing routes of native explorers in Tibet and Nepal to illustrate the papers by Mr. Markham, & Lieut. Colonel T. G. Montgomerie

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1875

Publishers

  • London : John Murray, 1875.

Summary

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes inset: Continuation of map north-west of Gartokh from the Pundit's journey of 1867. Tarjams (post houses) and camps are shown. "The Longitude is in accordance with the old value of the Madras observatory (80.°17.'21.")" From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 45 (1875), p. 299-363; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 Romanized name of Indian explorer: Nain Singh Rawat.

Subjects

  • Himalaya Mountains
  • Tibet (China)
  • Nepal
  • India
  • Himalaya Mountains—Discovery and exploration
  • Surveying
  • Great Trigonometrical Survey of India
  • Explorers—India
  • Himalaya Mountains—Maps
  • Tibet Autonomous Region (China)—Maps
  • Nepal—Maps
  • Sikkim (India)—Maps
  • Physical maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (79.333333, 91.5, 33.0, 26.95)
  • Geometry: BBOX (79.333333, 91.5, 33.0, 26.95)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Montgomerie, T. G. (Thomas George). Map showing routes of native explorers in Tibet and Nepal to illustrate the papers by Mr. Markham, & Lieut. Colonel T. G. Montgomerie. London : John Murray, 1875.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-b5644v05t

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng