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0314 Southern Tibet : vol.1
南チベット : vol.1
Southern Tibet : vol.1 / 314 ページ(カラー画像)

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doi: 10.20676/00000263
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East of the upper Ganges Witsen accepts the orography of Kircher and
Visscher with Consangui mons lapideus, and Belor mons; west of the latter the
classical Caucasi montes are still to be seen. In the text he says they are not far
from Imaus.

For the Croceus sive Hoamko Fluvius he chiefly follows Martini. An improve-
ment is that the uppermost course runs W.N-W. to E.S-E., instead of south to north.
On the other hand Martini's localisation of Koko-nor was much more correct. Witsen
identifies it with Chimoi, or Chiamai lacus.

As usual the greatest confusion prevails in the representation of Central Asia,
incl. Tibet. Between the Caucasus and the Altai Witsen has only a narrow space
for Tibet, Turchestan and Tanguth. Tibet which had been better placed by Cantelli
than on any previous map, now covers a very small region in the far west, while
the most famous of all Tibetan plants, the rhubarb, is placed far to the east, on the
upper Hwangho. This notion comes from Marco Polo, and therefore we find the
legend: »Hier valt veel Rhabarber», near Soeksi sive Sochu, and not far from
Tanguth.¹

Witsen has a special chapter, Tibet or Tebet, in which he places this country
at 42° N. lat., »though others have it at 40°». He has heard that some people make it
20 days' journey round. It is situated to the N.W. of the Chinese province of Xensi,
a notion which agrees with Martini's map, but not with his own. According to Father
MAGELLAEN's »Description of China» Tibet should be to the east of the Mogol's
Empire, and its capital should be called Kaparange. From Chinese sources he re-
lates that to the East of Tibet is a city and province called Utsang, Utsana, Us-
sangue or Sifan, and he quotes Father Andrade, who tells that Ussang or Ussangue
is at a distance of 20 days' journey from China.² This Utsang is the combined
province of U and Tsang, but in Andrade's description it simply signifies Lhasa.
Gastaldi's Monte Vssonte may be the same as Monte Ussangue or Mountains of
Lhasa.