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Southern Tibet : vol.7 |
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In the preceding chapters we have seen that much uncertainty still prevailed
in Europe regarding the Kara-korum System, or Range, as it was called if mentioned
at all. But as a rule it was left out when the great orographical systems were
dealt with, and the Kara-korum Pass, which was well known, was still supposed to
be situated on the Kwen-lun Range. The most important document on the Kara-
korum existing at that time was Ritter's and Grimm's map (Pl. XXXV), for it showed
the system not only approximately at its correct place, but it also represented it as
consisting of three different ranges. And, last but not least, it rather clearly indicated
its orographical connection and affinity with the Kailas and the Transhimalaya. Most
of the geographers of the time seem, however, not to have been aware of the
existence or importance of this map, which in several respects was many years be-
fore its time. And, after all, Klaproth's map of Central Asia, published three
years after Ritter's, overshadowed it as far as the Kara-korum Ranges are concerned,
though, on this particular point, it did by no means improve it. A little map was
issued in a new edition¹ with the mountain ranges marked out. It reaches only to
Nagar in the north and is of no particular importance. It is nearly the same as
Pl. XIV in Vol. III. In 1849 B. H. Hodgson published his sketch map of the Himalaya
showing the standpoint of the knowledge regarding the general topography of that
system and representing the Kailas as a semi-circular range north, east and south
of Lake Manasarovar, which was indeed a very primitive idea, especially if compared
with the maps of Ritter and Klaproth published several years earlier. Still
Hodgson's map of the Himalaya was published also in Germany, and is here
reproduced as Pl. II.²
Into the confusion prevailing in Europe regarding our system, clearness and
order were brought about by the two excellent English explorers, Major Alexander
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