Details

Subject(s)

• Central business districts [Browse]
• Lhasa (China)—Maps [Browse]
• Lhasa River (China)—Maps [Browse]

Editor

Nakane, Chie, 1926-2021 [Browse]

Issuing body

Tōkyō Daigaku. Shuppankai [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Maps [Browse]
• Topographic maps [Browse]

Notes

• Relief shown by hachures and form lines.
• These maps were drawn from the cartographer's memory documenting details of the Old City and reflecting the political and social system of Tibet at this time; locating monasteries; Gerpa houses; the area of Shhol; places of worship; the four directions and the "Lingkhor" Kora (pilgrim cimcumambulation sacred path enclosing the old Lhasa).
• Map shows the Kyi Chu River Valley, Yarlung Tsangpo river, monasteries and roads.
• Includes indexes and legend.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction : Princeton, NJ : Priceton University Libraries. Digital Map & Geospatial Information Center 2024.

Contents

• This folio entitled "Map of Lhasa" contains three maps: (1) Sketch map of Lhasa : drawn by Zazak J. Taring from his memory, 1959 [Scale 1:8,300 ]
• (2) Central part of Lhasa : drawn by Zazak J. Taring from his memory, 1959 [Scale 1:5,680]
• (3) Kyichu Valley [Scale 1:60,000].

Other format(s)

Digital version available via the Princeton University Libraries Digital Maps & Geospatial Information Center website.

ISBN

• 4130210467 ((UTP21460))
• 9784130210461 ((UTP21460))
• 0860083608
• 9780860083603

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