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0099	Southern Tibet : vol.3
南チベット : vol.3

The difference between Klaproth's and de Rhins' maps as to the general situa-
tion of this road is not at all surprising. For de Rhins had the modern exploration
and specially the important results of Prshevalskiy's expeditions, at his disposal.
But if we compare Klaproth's map with the map of Tibet in Stieler's Hand-Atlas
for 1875 (Pl. XXVIII) we find that the difference is not very great. The great eastern
turning of the road round Gashun-nor is the same in both cases. For in 1875
Prshevalskiy had not yet accomplished his journey to Lop-nor, which changed the
map of Central Asia completely. The situation de Rhins has given the road on his
map of 1889 returns on Stieler's maps of 1891, 1895 and 1901 (Pl. XXIX). On
Stieler's edition of 1904 (Pl. XXX) the old road has disappeared, and does not re-
turn any more.

If we transport the old road from Stieler 1901 to Stieler 1911 (Pl. XXXI) we
shall find that it goes east of Selling-tso and then continues straight N.W. between
Littledale's route of 1893 and my route of 1906, after which it approaches Lake
Markham and finally reaches Polu. But this is certainly wrong, for the Chinese
itinerary touches Yeshil-kul and goes even south and west of this lake. Keriya-
daban or Keriya-kotel, which is mentioned in the Chinese sources, is situated a short
distance north of Yeshil-kul. If we accept the old road as having no doubt existed
and as having been used for a certain time, there is no doubt that its north-western
part has touched Yeshil-kul and Keriya-kotel, from where it has continued northwards
to Polu along or near the same line as the one followed by Dutreuil de Rhins on
his journey between Panggong-tso and Polu. From Lhasa to Selling-tso the travellers
met no difficulties and from Yeshil-kul to Polu they were all right. But the road
from Selling-tso to Yeshil-kul, with a length of 500 miles, was a hard piece of work.
And we may feel pretty certain that the road has never had any importance. The
road from Lhasa to Leh and thence viâ the Kara-korum pass or Keriya-kotel is, of
course, much easier though considerably longer.

In another article, Ueber zwei chinesische Kartenwerke,¹ Himly makes us
acquainted with the Kuang Yü Thu or the enlarged map of the empire. It depends
upon another cartographical work which was accomplished in 1311 to 1320. In the
time of the Mings it appeared in a fresh and enlarged edition, and seems to have
been ready for print in 1566. During the following century, under the Manchus,
several new and far superior works of the same kind appeared, but still, in 1799,
a new edition of the antiquated Kuang Yü Thu was issued. On one sheet of this
map the eastern part of Kwen-lun is called Yi-r-ma-pu-mo-la-khi, and on another,
representing the whole course of the Hwangho, this name is translated into Thöng-
khi-li-tha, which Himly suggests may be Tengri tag.

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