Preliminary map of Mount Everest : constructed at the R. G. S. from photographs and sketches made by the expedition of 1921 / The Geographical Journal, Feb. 1922.

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Map
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English
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London : Royal Geographical Society, 1922.
Description
  • Scale 1:100,000 ; (E 86°43'1"--E 87°9'37"/N 28°10'26"--N 27°52'38").
  • 1 map : color ; 34 X 44 cm

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  • Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
  • Routes of expedition and locations of panoram camera stations shown in red.
  • Major glaciers are labeled.
  • From: Geographical Journal. Vol. 59, no. 2 (Feb. 1922), pp. 81-112, 131-137; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6874
With
  • Issued to accompany articles: I. The Mount Everest Expedition / by Lieut.-Colonel C. K. Howard-Bury, D.S.O., chief of the expedition. Read at the joint meeting of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club, December 20, 1921. -- II. Mount Everest : the reconnaissance / by George Leigh Mallory. Read with the preceding paper. -- III. The Mount Everest maps and photographs.
  • Issued with: Preliminary map to illustrate the route of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1921, reduced from the original map on the scale 1/253440 by Major Morshead and assistants of the Survey of India accompanying the expedition. Call number: G7822 .E8C1 1921 .R6
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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.
Other title(s)
  • Map II : preliminary map of Mount Everest
  • Mount Everest : II
In
Geographical Journal Volume 59, no. 2 (Feb. 1922), pages 81-112, 131-137, facing page 152. London : Royal Geographical Society
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