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Southern Tibet : vol.1 |
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from the eighteenth century to my own journey 1906 to 1908. The third volume
is devoted to the problem of the Transhimalaya. The fourth one, which is under
preparation, is applying to the Karakorum mountains, chiefly regarding the parts
comprised in my routes. This volume will be published during the course of next
year, and be accompanied by an index of names and a table of matters referring
to all four volumes.
I hope the public will not be too critical in respect of the treatment of the
language. Contrary to what was formerly the case when I had my Swedish manu-
script translated, I have now written out the text direct in English, a procedure
which, it is true, has been facilitated owing to the reason that most of the sources
of its historical chapters are of English origin. Yet the treatment of the language
cannot under such circumstances be distinguished by any lofty flight or beauty. On
the contrary, it is very plain and bearing straightway on facts. In order to get the
text cleansed from dim or erroneous expressions, I have had the manuscript gone
over and corrected by two Englishmen living in Stockholm. I am also indebted to
these gentlemen for their, I hope, careful revising of the proofs.
The historical and geographical text of the three first volumes is illustrated
by 108 maps, selected from old and new atlases, explorative works and treatises on
Tibet. Their number might have been increased without considerable difficulty, but
to no great advantage. The maps appended are serving the end I have had in
view in this respect. They make it possible for the reader to follow the develop-
ment of our knowledge of Tibet and, in particular, of the southern part of that
country. The fourth volume is accompanied by an additional number of historical
maps, these being mostly of later date, which is quite natural considering that Kara-
korum was as unknown to the cartographers of antiquity as Transhimalaya.
The illustrative material of the geographical volumes consists, moreover, of
photographs, reproduced in phototypes or autotypes, a few photographic panoramas,
and also of sketches and watercolours representing Tibetan landscapes.
The map of my latest journey in Tibet consists of 25 sheets in the scale of
1 : 300,000. My faithful and conscientious assistant, Lieutenant C. J. Otto Kjellström,
had before his death, which occurred on December 28th 1913, completed eight of
these. ¹ He had further drawn up my route on the following sheets and, after my
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