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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

Description:

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

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9974165183506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/gt54kq52s

Language:

en and English

Creator:

Hayward, George, 1839-1870

Publisher:

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

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps and Datasets

Resource Type:

Image and Raster

Subject:

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, and Maps

Theme:

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, and Maps

Spatial Coverage:

Asia, Central

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF