Route map of Captn. W. J. Gill's journey in Western China & Eastern Tibet, 1877 [cartographic material] : reduced from his original drawings and collated with other material by W. J. Turner / Engraved by Edwd. Weller, Red Lion Sq.

Author
Turner, W. J. (William John) [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
[London] : [John Murray], [1878].
Description
  • Scale 1:1,774,080 ; (E 96°50'--E 105°10'/N 32°50'--N 23°57').
  • 1 map : col. ; 57 X 46 cm

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  • Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights.
  • Includes elevation profiles [vertical scale 1:177,408]: I. Horizontal section along Captn. Gill's route from Ta-Chien-Lu to Bat'ang -- II. Horizontal section along Captn. Gill's route from Ta-Li-Fu to Bhamo.
  • Boundaries of Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet, and Burma are shown.
  • Gill's route shown in red.
  • Includes note: "The portion of the route from Ta-Li-Fu to Momein, is a reduction from Mr. Baber's maps accompanying his report, and thence to Bhamo from the map illustrating Dr. Anderson's book 'Mandalay to Momein,' corrected in longitude agreeably to the result of Mr. Elias' observations at Bhamo. The courses of the rivers W. of the Chin-Sha Chiang, have been inserted from the map of the Abbé Desgodins, in the Bulletin of the French Geographical Society 1875; the remainder, chiefly from Keith Johnston's 'Royal Atlas' China. (W. J. T.)"
  • From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 48 (1878), pp. 57-172; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.48 1878.
With
Issued to accompany article: Travels in Western China and on the eastern borders of Tibet / by Captain W. J. Gill, R.E. Read before the Royal Geographical Society, April 8, 1878.
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  • 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.
In
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London Vol. 48 (1878), p. 57-172, facing page 57. London : John Murray
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