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Title: Map to illustrate a journey through Western Mongolia by Ney Elias, Junr., F.R.G.S. July 1872 to Jany. 1863

Dates

• Coverage: 1873

Publishers

• London : John Murray, 1873.

Summary

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Route of Mr. Elias, including dates and locations of encampments and extent of areas surveyed, is shown. Includes elevation profile of Mr. Elias's journey [scale ca. 1:5,910,000; vertical scale 1:120,000]. Major landmarks and locations of encampments are shown. Russian territory, Chinese territory, and dominions of Yakoob Beg shown by shading. "The positions which have been determined astronomically, are marked by the initial of the observer; (E.) Elias, (F.) Fritsche, (F.&B.) Fuss & Bunge, (L.) Lépissier, (M.) Matusovski, (S.) Schwarz." From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 43 (1873), pp. 108-56; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 43 1873

Subjects

• Mongolia
• Mongolia—Discovery and exploration—Maps
• Physical geography—Mongolia—Maps
• Surveying
• Mongolia—Maps
• China—Maps
• Siberia (Russia)—Maps
• Other

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (84.0, 118.0, 53.8, 39.0)
• Geometry: BBOX (84.0, 118.0, 53.8, 39.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

• Access rights: Public

Citation

Johnston, Keith, 1844-1879. Map to illustrate a journey through Western Mongolia by Ney Elias, Junr., F.R.G.S. July 1872 to Jany. 1863. London : John Murray, 1873.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-j3860943q

Format

TIFF

Languages

• eng