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Title: Map illustrating the explorations of Pundit A___ K___ in Great Tibet, 1879-1882 : reduced from the original map by J. B. N. Hennessey, Esq., F.R.S., Deputy Surveyor General, with adjustments in longitude indicated by General J. T. Walker, C.B., F.R.S., at page 85 in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society

Dates

• Coverage: 1885

Publishers

• London : Edward Stanford, 1885.

Summary

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Snowy peaks are indicated. Routes of expedition shown in red. Bridges, ferries, springs, temples, and mountain passes are shown. Boundary of British territory (Assam) is shown. Lakes and rivers are shown. Conjectural or intermittent water features shown by dotted lines. Includes explanation [glossary] of Tibetan and Mongolian [geographic] names. "The country around the Lo̕b Núr and the Koko Núr Lakes is taken from Colonel Prjevalsky's Map of Central Asia. The country South of A___ K___'s route from Darchendo to Sáma is taken from Gill, Lepper and Wilcox." From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 7 (1885), no. 2, pp. 65-92; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Subjects

• Tibet (China)
• Himalaya Mountains
• Qinghai Sheng (China)
• Sichuan Sheng (China)
• India
• Himalaya Mountains—Discovery and exploration—Maps
• Tibet—Discovery and exploration—Maps
• Great Trigonometrical Survey of India
• Surveying
• Triangulation
• Himalaya Mountains—Maps
• Tibet Autonomous Region (China)—Maps
• Qinghai Sheng (China)—Maps
• Sichuan Sheng (China)—Maps
• Lop Nur (China)—Maps
• India, Northeastern—Maps
• Topographic maps
• Other

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (90.833333, 103.833333, 40.333333, 26.5)
• Geometry: BBOX (90.833333, 103.833333, 40.333333, 26.5)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

• Access rights: Public

Citation

Sharbau, H. (Henry). Map illustrating the explorations of Pundit A___ K___ in Great Tibet, 1879-1882 : reduced from the original map by J. B. N. Hennessey, Esq., F.R.S., Deputy Surveyor General, with adjustments in longitude indicated by General J. T. Walker, C.B., F.R.S., at page 85 in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society. London : Edward Stanford, 1885.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-9g54xm18g

Format

TIFF

Languages

• eng