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Photographic reduction of a Chinese map of the Upper Oxus region with autograph transcriptions by Julius Klaproth, to whom it belonged

Description:

"Names of places in Chinese Characters omitted." Reproduction of inaccurate Chinese map from Klaproth's collection. The companion article focus on the erroneous geographic information of this map regarding to place name and location, and of previous sources taken from reports of apocryphal travels used when mapping this area. The source of the Upper Oxus River [Amu Darya] framed the boundary of Russia and the British dependencies in the East, making the correction to the geographical information was important for the future Anglo-Russian boundary agreement. Mountains, rivers, lakes, roads, and settlements are shown. Shows longitude west from Peking [Beijing]. Relief shown pictorially. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 42 (1872), pp. 438-513; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.42 1872

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9976235253506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/0c483m88k

Language:

en and English

Creator:

Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889

Publisher:

London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1872.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Image

Subject:

Asia, Central—Historical geography—Maps, Cartography—Asia, Amu Darya—Maps, Asia, Central—Maps, Thematic maps, and Maps

Theme:

Asia, Central—Historical geography—Maps, Cartography—Asia, Amu Darya—Maps, Asia, Central—Maps, Thematic maps, and Maps

Spatial Coverage:

Asia, Central

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF