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Subject(s)

• China—Discovery and exploration—Maps [Browse]
• Tibet—Description and travel [Browse]
• Inner Mongolia (China)—Description and travel [Browse]
• Surveying [Browse]
• Tibet—Maps [Browse]
• Inner Mongolia (China)—Discovery and exploration—Maps [Browse]
• Tibet Autonomous Region (China)—Discovery and exploration—Maps [Browse]

Lithographer

• Shawe, W. [Browse]

Publisher

• Edward Stanford Ltd [Browse]

Related name

• Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Physical maps [Browse]
• Thematic maps [Browse]
• Maps [Browse]

Summary note

Map covers Rockhill's expedition route from Zhangjiakou, passing through Inner Mongolia, Lanzhou, Qinghai to enter Tibet, and reach final destination of Xikangbatang.

Notes

• Main section of map shows route from Kaomiaotzu (N 36°36'/E 102°01) to Batang. Ancillary section of map shows route from Kalgan (Zhangjiakou) to Kao-miao-tzu.
• Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
• Mr. Rockhill's route shown in red. Dates of expedition shown along route.
• Includes explanation of Tibetan and Mongolian words used.
• "Note. At points along the route underlined in Black, sextant observations were taken."
• Sections of Great Wall along route are shown.
• From: Geographical Journal. Vol. 3, no. 5 (May 1894), pp. 357-88; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6874

With

Issued to accompany article: A journey in Mongolia and in Tibet / by W. Woodville Rockhill. Read before the Royal Geographical Society, February 27, 1893.

Other format(s)

• Available also online through: Princeton University Libraries, Digital Map & Geographic Data Web site.
• Online version of companion article available also through the JSTOR Web site. Access limited to subscribing member institutions only.

Other title(s)

Route map of explorations in Mongolia and Tibet

In

Geographical Journal Vol. 3, no. 5 (May 1894), p. 357-88. London : Edward Stanford

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