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Title: Sketch map of eastern Turkistan showing the hydrography of the Pamir to the east, the true courses of the Yarkand and Karakash Rivers, with all the routes from Ladak across the Karakoram and adjacent Ranges

Dates

• Coverage: 1870

Publishers

• London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1871.

Summary

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Mr. Hayward's route shown in red. "The heights are left as marked in the author's original map." Major rivers, mountains, passes, valleys, and forts are shown. Includes sections of routes across mountains [horizontal scale ca. 1:3,004,000; vertical scale ca. 1:698,200]: I. (New route) Leh to Aktagh via Chang Chenmo and Upper Karakash Valley, 262 miles--II. Aktagh to Yarkand (Tabistânee route) via Sanju Pass, 229 1/2 miles--III. A[k]tagh to Yarkand (Zamistânee route) via Yangi Pass and Kugiar, 235 miles. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 40 (1870), pp. 33-166; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 40 1870

Subjects

• Asia, Central
• Asia, Central—Discovery and exploration—Maps
• Rivers—Asia, Central
• Hydrography
• Asia, Central—Maps
• Pamir—Maps
• Himalaya Mountains Region—Maps
• Karakoram Range—Maps
• Kunlun Mountains (China and India)—Maps
• Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)—Maps
• Jammu and Kashmir (India)—Maps
• Physical maps
• Other

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (74.0, 81.0, 41.166667, 33.833333)
• Geometry: BBOX (74.0, 81.0, 41.166667, 33.833333)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

• Access rights: Public

Citation

Hayward, George, 1839-1870. Sketch map of eastern Turkistan showing the hydrography of the Pamir to the east, the true courses of the Yarkand and Karakash Rivers, with all the routes from Ladak across the Karakoram and adjacent Ranges. London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1871.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-gt54kq52s

Format

TIFF

Languages

• eng