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• 1900 Kumaon and Tibet by Strachey from RGS.jpg (3.1 MiB)
• 1900 Tibet and Sin-Chiang by Deasy.jpg (3.5 MiB)
• 1902 Chokhang.jpg (482.7 KiB)
• 1902 Jong or Fort of Shigatse by Das.jpg (465.8 KiB)
• 1902 Tashilhunpo by Das.jpg (793.2 KiB)
• 1903 Central Tibet by Hedin.jpg (1.1 MiB)
• 1903 Eastern Tibet by Hedin.jpg (2.5 MiB)
• 1903 Tarim River and the Takla-Makan-Desert by Hedin.jpg (1.1 MiB)
• 1903 Tibet and East Turkestan by Hedin.jpg (854.4 KiB)
• 1904 Carte Ethnographique et Politique de L'Asie Centrale by Grenard from Tibet le Pays et les Habitants.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• 1904 Plan of Lhasa by Waddell.jpg (35.9 MiB)
• 1904 Province of Szechuan--journeys of R. Logan Jack from Back Blocks of China.jpg (1.3 MiB)
• 1904 Traverse across the Ya Lung Yangtse Mekong & Salwen Rivers to Irawadi by Jack.jpg (1.4 MiB)
• 1905 British Expedition to Lhasa by RGS.jpg (2.5 MiB)
• 1905 Map of Tibet showing main Physical Divisions and Districts by Waddell.jpg (661.0 KiB)
• 1905 Map showing Mr Hosie's Route to Thibetan Frontier and back to Chengtu.jpg (6.4 MiB)
• 1905 Plan of Lhasa by Ryder.jpg (960.2 KiB)
• 1905 Plan of Lhasa by Waddell.jpg (878.2 KiB)
• 1905 Southern Tibet by Ryder.jpg (2.4 MiB)
• 1905 The Road to Lhasa from Lhasa by Landon.jpg (1.5 MiB)
• 1905 Tibet explorations by Ryder and Wood from RGS.jpg (2.2 MiB)
• 1905 Western Tibet by Rawling and Deasy.jpg (3.9 MiB)
• 1905 Western Tibet by Rawling and Hargreaves.jpg (2.8 MiB)
• 1906 Kumaon Tibet map by Sherring.jpg (178.0 KiB)
• 1906 Nari or Western Tibet by Sherring.jpg (3.0 MiB)
• 1906 Sketch of Gurla Mandhata to illustrate Dr. Longstaffs climb by Sherring.jpg (357.7 KiB)
• 1906 Tibet and the Surrounding Regions by RGS.jpg (53.2 MiB)
• 1906 Western Tibet and the British Borderland by Sherring.jpg (2.4 MiB)
• 1907 Leh to Peking by Bruce.jpg (2.7 MiB)
• 1908 Anhwei Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (890.2 KiB)
• 1908 Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (28.5 MiB)
• 1908 Chekiang Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (1.0 MiB)
• 1908 Chihli Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (1.7 MiB)
• 1908 Fukien Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (868.3 KiB)
• 1908 Honan Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (958.9 KiB)
• 1908 Hunan Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (901.1 KiB)
• 1908 Hupeh Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (904.2 KiB)
• 1908 Kansu Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (1.6 MiB)
• 1908 Kiangsi Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (894.4 KiB)
• 1908 Kiangsu Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (907.0 KiB)
• 1908 Kwangsi Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (881.3 KiB)
• 1908 Kwangtung Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (1.5 MiB)
• 1908 Kweichow Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (853.8 KiB)
• 1908 Manchuria Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (791.0 KiB)
• 1908 Map of Yun-Nan by Davies.jpg (9.5 MiB)
• 1908 Mongolia Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (1.5 MiB)
• 1908 Shansi Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (899.6 KiB)
• 1908 Shantung Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (898.8 KiB)
• 1908 Shensi Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (876.3 KiB)
• 1908 Sinkiang Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (798.5 KiB)
• 1908 Szechwan Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (1.6 MiB)
• 1908 Tibet Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (694.0 KiB)
• 1908 Yunnan Province China from Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Stanford.pdf (1.8 MiB)
• 1909 Se-chuan by Brooke.jpg (4.7 MiB)
• 1909 Sources of Brahmaputra Sutlej and Indus by Hedin from Trans Himalaya.jpg (3.1 MiB)
• 1909 Sven Hedin Tibet Explorations.jpg (8.3 MiB)
• 1909 Tibet with Hedins route from Trans Himalaya.jpg (5.4 MiB)
• 1910 Das Hochland von Tibet by Hedin.jpg (58.8 MiB)
• 1910 Kansu and Mongolia by Kozloff .jpg (3.9 MiB)
• 1910 Southern Se-chuan by Fergusson.jpg (4.7 MiB)
• 1910 Tibet showing route of Mission to Lhasa by Younghusband.jpg (893.8 KiB)
• 1910 Tibetan Anatomical System chart by Walsh from JRAS.jpg (1.8 MiB)
• 1912 Carte Generale De L'Itineraire au Tibet oriental par Jacques Bacot 1909 in French.jpg (741.7 KiB)
• 1912 Exploration in Mongolia and Dzungaria by Carruthers.jpg (4.7 MiB)
• 1912 Itineraire Au Tibet Oriental par Jacques Bacot 1909-1910 in French Pl 1.jpg (687.6 KiB)
• 1912 Itineraire Au Tibet Oriental par Jacques Bacot 1909-1910 in French Pl 2.jpg (680.0 KiB)
• 1912 Itineraire Au Tibet Oriental par Jacques Bacot 1909-1910 in French Pl 3.jpg (739.4 KiB)
• 1912 Itineraire Au Tibet Oriental par Jacques Bacot 1909-1910 in French Pl 4.jpg (721.2 KiB)
• 1912 Itineraire Au Tibet Oriental par Jacques Bacot 1909-1910 in French Pl 5.jpg (706.1 KiB)
• 1912 Itineraire Au Tibet Oriental par Jacques Bacot 1909-1910 in French Pl 6.jpg (561.8 KiB)
• 1912 Northeast India and Tibet.jpg (54.0 MiB)
• 1912 Southeastern Tibet and Mishmi Hills by Bailey.jpg (2.6 MiB)
• 1913 Western Hupeh and Szechuan by Wilson.jpg (1.8 MiB)
• 1914 Northeastern Frontier and Tibet by Morshead and Bailey.jpg (5.4 MiB)
• 1914 Tibet and Adjacent Countries by SOI adj.jpg (9.8 MiB)
• 1915 Iron Chain Bridge at Chak-Samtuka.jpg (2.3 MiB)
• 1915 Tingri Maidan and Kosi River by Hari Ram.jpg (3.2 MiB)
• 1916 Kan-su Province China by Teichman.jpg (9.1 MiB)
• 1916 Tibet Nepal and United Provinces Sht 62 SOI.jpg (5.3 MiB)
• 1919 Tachienlu to Chamdo to Riwoche by Coates.jpg (5.3 MiB)
• 1919 Tibet and Adjacent Countries by Survey of India.jpg (11.0 MiB)
• 1921 Geology of Mount Everest Region by Heron.jpg (2.1 MiB)
• 1921 Map of Kansu by Teichman.jpg (1.6 MiB)
• 1921 Map of Shensi by Teichman.jpg (1.0 MiB)
• 1921 Preliminary Map of Mount Everest by RGS.jpg (2.2 MiB)
• 1921 Route of Mount Everest Expedition by Everest Committee.jpg (1.9 MiB)
• 1922 Arun River Area Tibet by Heron from Records Geological Surv India v54.jpg (2.0 MiB)
• 1922 Henry Hayden travels in Tibet by Gujjar Singh.jpg (3.3 MiB)
• 1922 Kam in Eastern Tibet by Teichman.jpg (7.7 MiB)
• 1922 Northwest Yunnan by Gregory.jpg (4.7 MiB)
• 1922 Route of 1922 Everest Expedition.jpg (2.9 MiB)
• 1922 Route of Mt Everest Expedition.jpg (4.1 MiB)
• 1923 Mount Everest and the Rongbuk Glacier by Wheeler.jpg (315.1 KiB)
• 1923 Route of the Mount Everest Exp[edition 1922--Chumbi to Mt Everest.jpg (1.0 MiB)
• 1923 Routes of the Mount Everest Expeditions 1921 & 1922 from RE Journal v37. (1.6 MiB)
• 1924 Bhutan and Southern Tibet by Bailey and Meade.jpg (5.4 MiB)
• 1924 Snow Mountains of Yunnan by Kingdon Ward.jpg (3.0 MiB)
• 1925 Journeys of Gen. Pereira in China and Tibet 1921-23.jpg (406.3 KiB)
• 1925 Tangar to Lhasa -- Surveys of Brig.-Gen. Pereira.jpg (3.4 MiB)
• 1926 Southeastern Tibet by Kingdon Ward and Cawdor.jpg (4.0 MiB)
• 1927 Map of Sinkiang (Chinese Turkistan) marking each oasis on main trade route across Gobi Desert by Cable.jpg (755.0 KiB)
• 1928 Kartenwerk der erdmagnetischen A by Filchners.jpg (22.0 MiB)
• 1928 Kartenwerk der erdmagnetischen B by Filchner.jpg (22.0 MiB)
• 1928 Kartenwerk der erdmagnetischen C by Filchner.jpg (19.8 MiB)
• 1928 Kartenwerk der erdmagnetischen D by Filchner.jpg (21.4 MiB)
• 1928 Kartenwerk der erdmagnetischen E by Filchner.jpg (21.8 MiB)
• 1928 Kartenwerk der erdmagnetischen F by Filchner.jpg (27.8 MiB)
• 1929 Trailing the Giant Panda (Western China) by Roosevelt.jpg (2.0 MiB)
• 1930 62 A by Survey of India.jpg (10.2 MiB)
• 1930 Trinklers Route in Western Tibet.pdf (34.6 KiB)
• 1932 General Map for Sven Hedin's 'Across the Gobi Desert'.jpg (1.3 MiB)
• 1932 Minya Konka.jpg (10.2 MiB)
• 1932 Panggong and Tso Moriri Lake region by Khan.pdf (777.4 KiB)
• 1932 Special Map for Sven Hedin's 'Across the Gobi Desert'.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• 1933 Across the Gobi Desert by Hedin.jpg (1.6 MiB)
• 1933 New Lop-Nor by Horner from Across the Gobi Desert by Hedin.jpg (288.6 KiB)
• 1933 Ngari Korsum and Bashahr by Tucci from Indo-Tibetica v2.jpg (947.1 KiB)
• 1933 Special Map for Sven Hedins Across the Gobi Desert.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• 1934 Geological Sketch Map of Drainage Areas of Arun Tista and Ammu Chu by Wager.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• 1934 Himalaya East of the Tsangpo by Kingdon Ward.jpg (779.9 KiB)
• 1934 Sinkiang (Chinese Turkistan) marking each oasis on trade route across Gobi Desert by French.jpg (1.8 MiB)
• 1935 Carta Schematica Del Territorio Di Nan (Chumbi Valley and Gyantse) by Tucci.jpg (6.2 MiB)
• 1935 Sutlej River Valley West of Gartok, Tibet by Tucci from Secrets of Tibet.jpg (537.2 KiB)
• 1936 Botanical and Geographical Explorations in Tibet by Kingdon Ward.jpg (18.5 MiB)
• 1936 Highlands of Tibet and Surrounding Regions by Survey of India.jpg (17.5 MiB)
• 1937 Central Asia from Peking to Yarkand and Kashmir via Mustagh Pass by Younghusband.jpg (829.9 KiB)
• 1937 Historical Atlas of the Chinese Empire by Oxenham.pdf (2.1 MiB)
• 1937 Sources of Subansiri and Siyom Rivers by Ludlow.tif (1.3 MiB)
• 1938 Tibet showing Trade Route from Gangtok to Lhasa by Chapman.jpg (776.4 KiB)
• 1939 Salween and Tsangpo Basins of SE Tibet-Kaulback.jpg (4.5 MiB)
• 1940 Eastern Himalaya by Ludlow from HJ v12 s.pdf (572.4 KiB)
• 1945 Central and Eastern Tibet from Tibetan Precis by Richardson in Himalayan Triangle .jpg (1.0 MiB)
• 1945 Chinese Frontier Proposals from Tibetan Precis by Richardson in Himalayan Triangle.jpg (949.1 KiB)
• 1945 Ladakh-Tibet Boundary Dokpo Karpo from Tibetan Precis.jpg (781.8 KiB)
• 1945 Map Referred to in Article 9 of Convention between Britain China and Tibet from Tibetan Precis.jpg (1.7 MiB)
• 1945 McMahon Area--Map No 5 from Tibetan Precis.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• 1945 Simla Conference Frontiers from Tibetan Precis by Richardson in Himalayan Triangle.jpg (876.1 KiB)
• 1945 Tehri-Tibet Boundary Map from Tibetan Precis.jpg (718.5 KiB)
• 1946 Li-Chiang China by Army Map Service.jpg (1.6 MiB)
• 1946 Te-Chin China and Tibet by Army Map Service.jpg (1.4 MiB)
• 1946 Wei-Hsi China by Army Map Service L406.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• 1946 Yen-Yuan China by Army Map Service L406.jpg (1.3 MiB)
• 1947 Geological Map of Western Chang-Thang and adjacent parts of Kun-lun and Karakoram by Norin.jpg (4.6 MiB)
• 1947 Holy Kailas and Manasarovar by Pranavananda.jpg (1.5 MiB)
• 1947 Holy Kailas by Pranavananda.jpg (1.0 MiB)
• 1947 Various Routes to Holy Kailas and Manasarovar by Pranavananda.jpg (2.5 MiB)
• 1948 NH-45 Tsangpo Tibet by War Office.jpg (3.5 MiB)
• 1950 Map 10 D'Anville's Map of 1733 by Pranavananda.jpg (142.4 KiB)
• 1950 Map 11 Dr Sven Hedin's map of Source of the Brahmaputra by Pranavananda.jpg (147.2 KiB)
• 1950 Map 4 Holy Manasarovar and Rakshastal by Pranavananda.jpg (1.5 MiB)
• 1950 Map 5 Tibet and Adjacent Lands by Pranavananda.jpg (704.2 KiB)
• 1950 Map 6 Mountain Ranges of the Himalayas by Pranavananda.jpg (171.0 KiB)
• 1950 Map 8 Panoramic Sketch of Snow Peaks of the Himalayas by Pranavananda.jpg (308.3 KiB)
• 1950 Map 9 Moorcroft's Map 1812 by Pranavananda.jpg (239.8 KiB)
• 1950 Map 9 Relief of route to Kailas -Manas at a glance by Pranavananda.jpg (541.6 KiB)
• 1952 Route Traverse Batang Dege Jyekundo Dzohchen by Duncan from Yangtze and Yak.jpg (912.9 KiB)
• 1952 Route Traverse Batang Gee Tserku Gartok by Duncan from Yangtze and Yak.jpg (530.9 KiB)
• 1952 Route Traverse Yaan Tachienlu Batang Gangdzi by Duncan from Yangtze and Yak.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• 1952 Yangtze Gorges and Red Basin by Duncan from Yangtze and Yak.jpg (601.4 KiB)
• 1956 Hsun-Hua and Yung-Chung (Amnye Ma-Chhen Range) by Rock.jpg (1.0 MiB)
• 1956 Kuei-Te and Hsia-Ho Hsien (Amnye Ma-Chhen Range) by Rock.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• 1956 Nyen-Po-Yur-Tse Dza-Ra (Amnye Ma-Chhen Range) by Rock.jpg (704.0 KiB)
• 1956 Part of Western Tibet from HJ v19 s.pdf (25.4 KiB)
• 1956 Sa-Ri Dang-Ri Range (Amnye Ma-Chhen Range) by Rock.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• 1956 Yellow River and Ra-Gya Gom-Pa (Amnye Ma-Chhen Range) by Rock.jpg (1.1 MiB)
• 1958 Mk'yen Brtse's Guide map 1 to Holy Places of Central Tibet by Ferrari.jpg (887.3 KiB)
• 1958 Mk'yen Brtse's Guide map 2 to Holy Places of Central Tibet by Ferrari.jpg (326.3 KiB)
• 1958 Mk'yen Brtse's Guide Map 3 to Holy Places of Central Tibet by Ferrari.jpg (220.8 KiB)
• 1958 Tibet from Times Atlas showing Nain Singh Range.jpg (5.3 MiB)
• 1960 Chinese Map of Tibet Southern Border.jpg (1.3 MiB)
• 1962 Greater Tibet from Shakabpa.jpg (1.3 MiB)
• 1962 Tibet by Richardson from Short History of Tibet.jpg (969.0 KiB)
• 1962 Tibet by Wylie.jpg (1.3 MiB)
• 1966 Boundary Between Chinas Sinkiang and Contiguous Areas by Survey of Pakistan.jpg (3.8 MiB)
• 1966 Western Tibet by Wakefield from Past Imperative.tif (20.5 MiB)
• 1967 Tibet According to Dzam-Gling-Rgyas-Bshad by Wylie.jpg (1.6 MiB)
• 1975 Kingdon Ward Exploration in Eastern Himalayas and SE Tibet by Schweinfurth.jpg (8.0 MiB)
• 1975 Kingdon Ward Exploration in Eastern Himalayas and SE Tibet by Schweinfurth Sht 2.jpg (7.9 MiB)
• 1987 Map 15 of Maps Attached to Protocol on First Pakistan-China Joint Boundary Inspection.jpg (3.6 MiB)
• 1987 Map 16 of Maps Attached to Protocol on First Pakistan-China Joint Boundary Inspection.jpg (3.2 MiB)
• 1987 Maps 15 and 16 Attached to Protocol on First Pakistan-China Boundary Inspection.jpg (6.5 MiB)
• 1987 South-Central Tibet Kathmandu-Lhasa Route Map by Stanford.jpg (3.3 MiB)
• 1988 Tingri County Tibet China in Chinese.jpg (11.3 MiB)
• 1989 General Map of Mountain Peaks in China.jpg (6.9 MiB)
• 1989 Map of Mountain Peaks of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.jpg (11.9 MiB)
• 1990 Namjag Barwa Mountaineering Map China.jpg (5.1 MiB)
• 1990 Terrain Map of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau by Chinese Academy of Sciences.jpg (8.6 MiB)
• 1991 Chinese Mountaineering Association maps of Western China.pdf (4.8 MiB)
• 1997 Eastern Regions of Tibet map and guide.pdf (7.3 MiB)
• 2001 Bogda Ula by Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology.jpg (31.7 MiB)
• 2001 Tibet Map by Amnye Machen.jpg (17.7 MiB)
• 2003 Source of the Irrawaddy and Gorge Country by Nakamura.jpg (873.0 KiB)
• 2005 Rivers and glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau by Ahlenius.jpg (658.4 KiB)
• 2007 Xizang Tibet by Gizimap. (17.5 MiB)
• 2013 China.jpg (6.2 MiB)
• 2013 China-Central-Asia Infrastructure Development by Stratfor.jpg (217.3 KiB)
• 2013 Chinese Provinces and Central Asia 1 by Stratfor.jpg (229.4 KiB)
• 2013 The Silk Road by Stratfor.jpg (197.3 KiB)
• 2014 Tibet Township Map by Shawa.pdf (43.2 MiB)
• Central Tibet with Roads by Tibet Map Institute.jpg (1.2 MiB)
• Tibetan map of Tibet.jpg (112.8 MiB)
• Tsangpo Gorges or Pemako.jpg (419.7 KiB)