Tibet and China-Pre 1899
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Red = before 1800; Orange = 1800-1849; Yellow = 1850-1899; Blue = 1900-1949; Green = after 1950
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- 1609 Tartaria by Hondius.jpg (2.1 MiB)
- 1696 Indiae orientalis nec non insularum adiacentium nova descriptio by Allard.jpg (1.5 MiB)
- 1700s Early map of Tibet.png (684.3 KiB)
- 1706 Carte de Tartarie -- Map of Tartary.jp2 (8.2 MiB)
- 1709 Sixth Sheet of Chinese Tartary from du Halde Atlas.jpg (3.0 MiB)
- 1709 Tenth Sheet of Chinese Tartary from du Halde Atlas.jpg (3.6 MiB)
- 1710 Fifth Sheet of Chinese Tartary from du Halde Atlas.jpg (2.6 MiB)
- 1710 Ninth Sheet of Chinese Tartary from du Halde Atlas.jpg (2.6 MiB)
- 1711 Eleventh Sheet of Chinese Tartary from du Halde Atlas.jpg (2.3 MiB)
- 1711 First Sheet of Tibet by du Halde Atlas.jpg (2.2 MiB)
- 1711 Fourth Sheet of Chinese Tartary from du Halde Atlas.jpg (1.9 MiB)
- 1711 Seventh Sheet of Chinese Tartary from du Halde Atlas.jpg (2.5 MiB)
- 1711 Third sheet of Chinese Tartary from du Halde Atlas.jpg (2.5 MiB)
- 1711 Twelfth Sheet of Chinese Turkistan from du Halde Atlas.jpg (1.2 MiB)
- 1714 Province XI Se-chwen from du Halde Atlas.jpg (3.6 MiB)
- 1715 Province XIV Yun-nan from du Halde Atlas.jpg (3.1 MiB)
- 1717 Eighth Sheet of Tibet from du Halde Atlas.jpg (2.0 MiB)
- 1717 Fifth Sheet of Tibet from du Halde Atlas.jpg (2.8 MiB)
- 1717 Fourth Sheet of Tibet from du Halde Atlas.jpg (2.5 MiB)
- 1717 Ninth Sheet of Tibet from du Halde Atlas.jpg (1.8 MiB)
- 1717 Seventh Sheet of Tibet from du Halde Atlas.jpg (2.7 MiB)
- 1717 Sixth Sheet of Tibet from du Halde Atlas.jpg (3.1 MiB)
- 1717 Source of Ganges and Tsangpo Rivers from du Halde Atlas.jpg (3.9 MiB)
- 1717 Source of Ganges and Tsangpo Rivers from du Halde Atlas with text.jpg (4.0 MiB)
- 1720 Carte des costes de l'Asia sur l'ocean contenant by Mortier.jpg (1.7 MiB)
- 1733 Carte Generale Du Thibet ou Bout-Tan by D'Anville.jpg (2.2 MiB)
- 1733 Ladakh to Lhasa.jpg (4.0 MiB)
- 1733 Thibet and Bhutan by dAnville.jpg (3.7 MiB)
- 1733 Tibet and Bhutan.jpg (501.3 KiB)
- 1734 China by DAnville from Du Halde Atlas.jpg (6.0 MiB)
- 1734 China Chinese-Tartary and Tibet by DAnville.jpg (6.1 MiB)
- 1734 General map of China Chinese Tartary and Thibet by D Anville.jpg (844.1 KiB)
- 1736 Map of Tibet or Bout-tan and Countries of Kashgar and Hami by D'Anville. (2.4 MiB)
- 1737 Carte Generale Du Tibet ou Bout-Tan by DAnville.jpg (4.1 MiB)
- 1737 Carte La Chine La Tartarie Chinoise et Le Tibet by DAnville.jpg (5.3 MiB)
- 1737 Carte la plus generale et qui comprend la Chine by Scheurleer.jpg (2.6 MiB)
- 1737 Ire feuille comprise dans la carte generale du Thibet by Scheurleer.jpg (1.6 MiB)
- 1737 IVe. Feuille comprise dans la carte generale du Thibet by Scheurleer.jpg (1.8 MiB)
- 1737 Onzieme Feuille particul. de la Tartarie Chinoise by Scheurleer.jpg (1.8 MiB)
- 1737 XIIe. ed derniere feuille de la Tartarie Chinoise by Scheurleer.jpg (922.2 KiB)
- 1740 Eighth Sheet of Chinese Tartary from du Halde Atlas.jpg (2.4 MiB)
- 1740 First Sheet of Chinese Tartary from du Halde Atlas.jpg (3.2 MiB)
- 1740 Second Sheet of Tibet from du Halde Atlas.jpg (1.7 MiB)
- 1740 Third Sheet of Tibet from du Halde Atlas.jpg (1.6 MiB)
- 1741 Eastern and Western Tartary from du Halde Atlas.jpg (3.7 MiB)
- 1812 Tour to Chinese Tartary by William Moorcroft.jpg (3.1 MiB)
- 1821 Sinkiang (looking South) Map from Hsin chiang chi lueh shown in India-China Border by Rao.jpg (650.7 KiB)
- 1828 Carte du Cours Inferieur du Yarou Dzangbo Tchou by Klaproth.jpg (1.6 MiB)
- 1843 Atlas von China nach der Aufnahme der Jesuiten Missionare by Endlicher1841-60-94.pdf (20.1 MiB)
- 1847 Yang-Tsze-Kiang.jpg (412.8 KiB)
- 1854 Map of West Nari and Indian Himalaya by H Strachey.pdf (1.7 MiB)
- 1860 Yang-Tse-Kiang.jpg (367.7 KiB)
- 1862 Yang-Tsze Kiang.jpg (1.0 MiB)
- 1866 Leh to Yarkund.jpg (276.7 KiB)
- 1866 Route from Nepal to Lhasa by Nain Singh from SOI.jpg (5.6 MiB)
- 1867 Indus and Sutlej Rivers by Montgomerie from SOI.jpg (2.7 MiB)
- 1868 Basins of Indus and Sutlej Rivers by Montgomerie.jpg (8.0 MiB)
- 1868 Manasarowar and Rakas Tal Lakes by Kalian Singh.jpg (2.5 MiB)
- 1868 Nepal to Lhasa by Nain Singh.jpg (1.6 MiB)
- 1868 Upper Basins of Indus and Sutlej Rivers with sources of Brahmaputra and Kurnali Rivers by Montgomerie.jpg (1.3 MiB)
- 1870 Yang-Tsze-Kiang.jpg (1.2 MiB)
- 1872 Chinese Map extracts.jpg (1.1 MiB)
- 1872 Map of Chinese Empire compiled from Native & Foreign Authorities by Williams.jpg (5.9 MiB)
- 1872 Tingri Maidan and Upper Arun by Montgomerie from SOI.jpg (9.8 MiB)
- 1872 Trans Himalayan Explorations in Great Tibet by Kishen Singh by SOI.jpg (5.1 MiB)
- 1873 Western Mongolia.jpg (3.7 MiB)
- 1874 North China and Inner Mongolia.jpg (507.7 KiB)
- 1874 Route of Kishen Singh in Western Tibet.jpg (6.9 MiB)
- 1875 Basin of Yang-Tse-Kiang.jpg (422.7 KiB)
- 1875 Nain Singh from JRGS.jpg (6.0 MiB)
- 1875 Nain Singhs route from Ladakh to Assam Sheet 1.jpg (8.7 MiB)
- 1875 Nain Singhs route from Ladakh to Assam Sheet 2.jpg (7.2 MiB)
- 1875 Routes of Native Explorers in Tibet and Nepal by Montgomerie from JRGSv45.jpg (3.1 MiB)
- 1875 Trade Routes to China.jpg (2.0 MiB)
- 1876 Lalas route through Sikkim and Great Tibet by SOI.jpg (5.2 MiB)
- 1877 Great Tibet from Ladakh to Assam.jpg (2.7 MiB)
- 1877 Himalaya and Tibet.jpg (5.8 MiB)
- 1877 Nain Singh through Great Tibet from JRGS.jpg (6.8 MiB)
- 1878 Himalaya and Tibet--Mountain System bounded by India Gobi China and Caspian by Markham.jpg (1.9 MiB)
- 1878 Western China and Eastern Tibet.jpg (2.7 MiB)
- 1879 Central Asia showing Prejevalsky's Journey in 1877.jpg (2.8 MiB)
- 1879 Country South of Tsangpo River by Nem Singh.jpg (2.1 MiB)
- 1879 General Map of Table-Land of Tibet from Markham.jpg (941.1 KiB)
- 1879 Plan of Lhasa by Pundit AK.jpg (3.5 MiB)
- 1879 Routes of Bogle Turner and Manning between Bengal and Tibet from Markham.jpg (1.2 MiB)
- 1880 China.jpg (591.4 KiB)
- 1881 Eastern Frontier of Thibet by Desgodins.jpg (2.0 MiB)
- 1884 Index to revised sheets of A__K's explorations 1879-82 showing sketch of Jangthang.jpg (2.0 MiB)
- 1884 Plan of Lhasa.jpg (2.1 MiB)
- 1884 Revised Map illustrating explorations of A__ K__ in Great Tibet and Mongolia 1879 to 1882 Sheet 1.jpg (6.5 MiB)
- 1884 Revised Map illustrating explorations of A__ K__ in Great Tibet and Mongolia 1879 to 1882 Sheet 2.jpg (3.7 MiB)
- 1884 Revised Map illustrating explorations of A__ K__ in Great Tibet and Mongolia 1879 to 1882 Sheet 3.jpg (3.8 MiB)
- 1884 Tibet and the Surounding Regions by Royal Geographic Society.jpg (5.5 MiB)
- 1885 Explorations of Pundit A__ K__ in Great Tibet 1879-1882 by RGS.jpg (2.9 MiB)
- 1885 Kishen Singh RGS.jpg (6.1 MiB)
- 1885 Tibet Sikhim and Bhutan by SoI.jpg (5.2 MiB)
- 1885 Tsangpo Controversy.jpg (8.5 MiB)
- 1885 Tsangpo-Irrawadi controversy.jpg (2.5 MiB)
- 1887 Brahmaputra to Upper Irawadi.jpg (1.4 MiB)
- 1887 Chinese Turkistan and Northern Tibet by Carey.jpg (6.1 MiB)
- 1887 Colonel Tanner's Memorandum on Course of the Sangpo from information by K.P. in 1886-87 .jpg (2.2 MiB)
- 1887 Explorations in Bhutan and Tibet by RN and PA by Tanner.jpg (3.6 MiB)
- 1887 Sketch Map illustrating route of explorer M__H to Dingri Season 1885-86.jpg (1.8 MiB)
- 1887 Sketch Map on the Course of the Sangpo.jpg (2.7 MiB)
- 1887 Tibet with Prejevalskys route.jpg (3.6 MiB)
- 1888 Hydrography of South Eastern Tibet.jpg (1.1 MiB)
- 1888 Tibet Sikkim and Bhutan showing explorer routes by Survey of India.jpg (7.5 MiB)
- 1889 Geology of Districts traversed by Chitral Mission by Giles.jpg (1.0 MiB)
- 1889 Revised Sketch Map of Course of the Sangpo.jpg (3.3 MiB)
- 1891 Plan of Lhasa by WW Rockhill from Chinese sources.jpg (2.5 MiB)
- 1893 Hung Ta-chin's map showing boundary between Chinese Turkistan and British Kashmir from Rao.jpg (744.5 KiB)
- 1893 Tibet and Western China by Bower.jpg (3.0 MiB)
- 1894 Convention of March 1st 1894 between Great Britain and China (Burma-China border).jpg (2.9 MiB)
- 1894 Explorations in Mongolia and Tibet by Rockhill.jpg (2.9 MiB)
- 1894 Mongolia and Tibet by Rockhill.jpg (4.0 MiB)
- 1894 Tibet.jpg (6.6 MiB)
- 1894 Tibet and Adjoining Regions by Bower.jpg (2.7 MiB)
- 1896 Littledales Map A.jpg (1.4 MiB)
- 1896 Littledales Map B.jpg (2.6 MiB)
- 1896 Littledales route to Tengri Nor and Leh.jpg (2.6 MiB)
- 1896 Map of China and Surrounding Regions by Bretschneider.jpg (5.9 MiB)
- 1897 Capt. M S Wellby and Lt Malcolms Route Across Northern Tibet Sheet 1.jpg (806.0 KiB)
- 1897 Capt. M S Wellby and Lt Malcolms Route Across Northern Tibet Sheet 2.jpg (684.2 KiB)
- 1897 Capt. M S Wellby and Lt Malcolms Route Across Northern Tibet Sheet 3.jpg (1.0 MiB)
- 1897 Southwestern Tibet by Landor.jpg (4.5 MiB)
- 1897 Travellers Routes in Tibet (Wellby and Malcolm) by Intelligence Branch.jpg (1.4 MiB)
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