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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Map Showing the Route Survey from Nepal to Lhasa and thence through the Upper Valley of the Brahmaputra, Made by Pundit ___
Date: 1868 Size: 23 x 11 inches
Published: London
Description: Detailed map showing a journey from Kathmandu, Nepal to Lhasa, Tibet and then along the Brahmaputra River by an unnamed ‘Pundit’ (secret agents of the Survey of India). Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: IC2724

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Map Showing Routes of Native Explorers in Tibet and Nepal
Date: 1875 Size: 23 x 12 inches
Published: London
Description: Detailed map of Tibet and Nepal showing the routes of several 'pundits', unnamed local agents secretly employed by the British Indian Army to survey the region. Mt Everest is marked. Original colour.
Map Ref: IC2728

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Map Illustrating the Journey of the Pundit Nain Singh through Great Tibet
Date: 1877 Size: 26 x 18 inches
Published: London
Description: Tibet. Important map showing the route fo Pundit Nain Singh from Ladakh to Assam. Original printed colour.
Map Ref: IC1622

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : The Mountain System of the Himalaya
Date: 1884 Size: 34 x 14 inches
Published: London
Description: Himalayas and environs. Original printed colour.
Map Ref: IC1272

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Map of Tibet
Date: 1887 Size: 19 x 14 inches
Published: London
Description: Map illustrating the journies of General Prejevalsky in Tibet. Printed colour.
Map Ref: IC2542

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Tibet and the Surrounding Regions
Date: 1894 Size: 25 x 18 inches
Published: London
Description: Large, detailed map of Tibet and bordering China, Nepal and Bhutan. There is a translation of Tibetan and Mongolian names in the lower-left corner. Printed colour.
Map Ref: IC2729

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Part of Tibet abd Sin-Chiang
Date: 1900 Size: 22 x 23 inches
Published: London
Description: Tibet and Sin-Chiang (Chinese Turkistan). Original printed colour.
Map Ref: IC1414

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Plan of Lhasa
Date: 1904 Size: 24 x 8 inches
Published: London
Description: City plan of Lhasa, Tibet, with an impressive level of detail. Compiled from native sources by Lieut. Col. Laurence Austine Waddell, a surgeon in the Younghusband Expedition to Lhasa of 1904.
Map Ref: IC2721

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Plan of Lhasa
Date: 1905 Size: 10 x 8 inches
Published: London
Description: City plan of Lhasa, Tibet. Based on a survey by English army officer and Surveyor General of India from 1919-1924, Major Charles Henry Dudley Ryder, and Captain H. M. Cowie. Coloured.
Map Ref: IC2716

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Tibet, Map showing Explorations by Major C. H. D. Ryder RE DSO and Captains H. Wood RE & H. W. Cowie RE of the Tibet Frontier Commission 1904
Date: 1905 Size: 21 x 12 inches
Published: London
Description: Detailed survey of the Himalayas, specifically the border region between Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and India. Shows the route traveled by the Tibet Frontier Commission (1903-04) in red. Printed colour.
Map Ref: IC2725

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Sketch Map of Tibet
Date: 1909 Size: 14 x 15 inches
Published: London
Description: Detailed map of Tibet showing the explorations and journeys of Swedish geographer, explorer and artist Dr. Sven Hedin between 1906 and 1908. Printed colour.
Map Ref: IC2722

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Part of the North-Eastern Frontier and Tibet showing the routes of Captains Morshead and Bailey 1913
Date: 1914 Size: 18 x 12 inches
Published: London
Description: Detailed topographical map showing the route of the unauthorised 1913 ‘Bailey-Morshead Expedition’ of the Tsangpo Gorge – the deepest gorge in the world. Printed colour.
Map Ref: IC2723

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Preliminary Map to Illustrate the Route of the Mount Everest Expedition
Date: 1922 Size: 20 x 12 inches
Published: London
Description: Sketch map of Tibet marking the route of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1921 which was tasked with finding the best route to Everest, as well as possible routes to the summit. Printed colour.
Map Ref: IC2726

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : The Geology of the Mount Everest Region
Date: 1922 Size: 20 x 12 inches
Published: London
Description: Geological map of Mt Everest by Scottish geologist and Director of the Geological Survey of India, Dr. Alexander Macmillan Heron. Derived from the 1921 Everest Reconnaisance Expedition. Printed colour.
Map Ref: IC2727

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : The Route of the Mount Everest Expedition 1922, Chumbi to Mt. Everest from the maps of the 1921 Expedition
Date: 1922 Size: 14 x 9 inches
Published: London
Description: Sketch map showing the route from the Chumbi Valley to the peak of Mount Everest during the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922 - the first expedition to attempt to reach the summit. Printed colour.
Map Ref: IC2718

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Mt. Everest Flight 1933
Date: 1934 Size: 9 x 14 inches
Published: London
Description: Plot map from the first overflight of Mt. Everest by the Marquess of Clydesdale and David McIntyre in 1933. Hillary and Norgay used aerial photos from this expedition in their ascent. Printed colour.
Map Ref: IC2717

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