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Sir Aurel Stein, "Maps, Chinese Turkistan & Kansu"
Catalogue reference: RSAA/M/215
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- RSAA/M/215
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Title (The name of the record)
- Sir Aurel Stein, "Maps, Chinese Turkistan & Kansu"
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c.1923]
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A bound set of sixty maps and charts "From Surveys Made During the Explorations of Sir Aurel Stein, 1900-01, 1906-08, 1913-15". Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. (See also, Stein, Memoir on Maps of Chinese Turkistan and Kansu, from the Surveys Made During Sir Aurel Stein's Explorations 1900-1, 1906-8, 1913-5, Trigonometrical Survey Office, Dehra Dun, 1923.)
The volume comprises the following maps:
(1) Index to Maps of Portions Chinese Turkistan and Kansu; (2) Turug-art, Terek-dewan (Serial No.1); (3) Kashgar, Muztagh-ata (Serial No. 2); (4) Sarikol (Serial No. 3); (5) Yai-döbe (Serial No. 4); (6) Yangi-Hissar, Yarkand (Serial No. 5); (7) Karghalik, Kilian (Serial No. 6); (8) Ak-Su, Uch-turfan, Kelpin (Serial No. 7); (9) Maral-bashi (Serial No. 8); (10) Khotan, Sanju (Serial No. 9); (11) Kara-koram, Khitai-dawan (Serial No. 10); (12) Muz-art (Serial No. 11); (13) Kara-yulghun, Bai (Serial No. 12); (14) Mazar-tagh, Kara-dong (Serial No. 13); (15) Sampula, Chira, Keriya (Serial No. 14); (16) Yurung-kash and Keriya R. Sources (Serial No. 15); (17) Kere-bazar (Bai) (Serial No. 16); (18) Kucha (Serial No. 17); (19) Keriya River End (Serial No. 18); (20) Niya (Serial No. 19); (21) Kara-dawan, Kara-shahr R. (Serial No. 20); (22) Bugur, Korla (Serial No. 21); (23) Charchan (Serial No. 22); (24) Kapa, Achchan (Serial No. 23); (25) Kara-shahr (Serial No. 24); (26) Konche-darya (Serial No. 25); (27) Vash-shahri (Serial No. 26); (28) Khadalik (Serial No. 27); (29) Turfan (Serial No. 28); (30) Singer, Lou-lan (Serial No. 29); (31) Lop-nor (Serial No. 30); (32) Pichan, Chik-tam (Serial No. 31); (33) Ancient Lop Lake Bed (Serial No. 32); (34) Lowaza, Bash-kurghan (Serial No. 33); (35) Barkul, Hami (Serial No. 34); (36) Su-lo-ho Delta (Serial No. 35); (37) Khanambal (Anambar) (Serial No. 36); (38) Karlik-tagh (Serial No. 37); (39) Tun-huang, An-hsi (Survey of India, No. 38); (40) Nan-hu (Serial No. 39); (41) Yu-men-hsien (Serial No. 40); (42) Ch'ang-ma (Serial No. 41); (43) Chin-t'a (Serial No. 42); (44) Su-chou (Serial No. 43); (45) Etsin-gol Delta (Serial No. 44); (46) Etsin-gol (Serial No. 45); (47) Kan-chou (Serial No. 46); (48) Kungurche (Serial No. 47); (49) Triangulation Chart: Kashgar (Serial No. 2, Part of); (50) Triangulation Chart: Muztagh-ata, Sarikol (Serial Nos. 2 and 3, Parts of); (51) Triangulation Chart: Pusha, Kara-koram, Khitai-dawan (Serial Nos. 9 and 10, Parts of); (52) Triangulation Chart: Yurung-kash and Keriya R. Sources (Serial Nos. 14 and 15, Parts of); (53) Triangulation Chart: Niya (Serial 19, Part of); (54) Triangulation Chart: Kapa, Achchan (Serial No. 23, Part of); (55) Triangulation Chart: Konche-darya (Serial No. 25, Part of); (56) Triangulation Chart: Vash-shahri, Khadalik (Serial Nos. 26 and 27, Parts of); (57) Triangulation Chart: Singer, Lou-lan (Serial No. 29, Part of); (58) Triangulation Chart: Lop-nor (Serial No. 30, Part of); (59) Triangulation Chart: Ancient Lop Lake Bed (Serial No. 32, Part of); (60) Appendix C. Sectional drawing of ground on line levelled from the salt-encrusted lake-bed north of Kum-kuduk to the dry lake-bed east of Besh-toghrak.
Securely adhered to the front fly-leaf is a letter (holograph, 18 December, 1939) from Sir Aurel Stein to Miss [M N] Kennedy (Secretary to the Royal Central Asian Society). For a photocopy of the letter, see RSAA/M/118.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Royal Society for Asian Affairs
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Volume measures 450 x 360mm.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/90625985-2088-41b5-936d-86454252411f/
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Sir Aurel Stein, "Maps, Chinese Turkistan & Kansu"