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Map showing the route survey from Nepal to Lhasa, and thence through the upper valley of the Brahmaputra, made by Pundit.______ [Paṇḍita Naina Siṃha Rāvata] from the map compiled by Capt. T.G. Montgomerie, R.E.

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Description:
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Routes of expedition are shown in red. "The Longitude is in accordance with the old value of the Madras observatory (80.°17.'21.")" Tarjams (post houses) and camps are shown. Boundary of the British Territory is shown. Tibetan provinces are shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 38, (1868), pp. 129-219; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.38 1868 Romanized name of Indian explorer: Nain Singh Rawat.
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London: published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1868.
Place(s):
Himalaya Mountains, Tibet (China), Nepal, and India
Subject(s):
Himalaya Mountains—Discovery and exploration—Maps, Brahmaputra River—Discovery and exploration—Maps, Physical geography—Himalaya Mountains—Maps, Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, Surveying, Triangulation, Himalaya Mountains—Maps, Nepal—Maps, Tibet Autonomous Region (China)—Maps, and Kathmandu (Nepal)—Maps
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