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0166	Southern Tibet : vol.7
南チベット : vol.7

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Southern Tibet : vol.7

南チベット : vol.7

*J. Rennell von Friedr. Gottl. Canzler. Nürnberg 1798, bey d. Homann. Erben aus-
geferligt. 1804.* 1:6000000. Comparing it with RENNELL'S map (Pl. I in Vol. II) we find
that the hydrography around the Manasarovar is exactly copied from the English map.

I have also reproduced here as Pl. XVI the eastern half of Rennell's map
*The Countries situated between the Source of the Ganges and the Caspian Sea,
1788.*¹ The representation of the complicated hydrography around the Sacred Lake
and the Sources of the Ganges and the Indus is, of course, in accordance with the
information of the Lamas and Father Tieffenthaler.

On another German map drawn and published by REINECKE in 1801, and
not reproduced here, the same general situation as on Pl. XV is sketched.² At the
Conghe Lake he has entered the legend: Quelle des Ganges, — and just south of
it: Quelle des Baramputer oder Sampo Fl. The same names are written along the
upper course of the river. It was KLAPROTH who, at a later epoch, confused this
correct conception of J. Rennell.

We now come to a most interesting and important map, *viz. Asia,* published
in 1801 by A. ARROWSMITH, Pl. XVII.³ Separating Western from Eastern Turkestan,
a very mighty mountain range is stretching from north to south. Its southern part
is called Beleur Tag. Its northern half forms a water-parting between the Sihon R.
or Sir-daria and the Cashgar River. From the western side of the Belur Tag and
from the Plain of Pamir the feeders of the Jihon R., or Amu-daria are streaming
down. The drainage areas of the Sihon and Jihon Rivers are separated from one
another by a latitudinal mountain range called Jespera Mts. The southern feeders
of the Jihon R. are coming from the Hindoo Kho.

East of the Belur Tag is another range running N. W.—S. E. and finally
turning S. W., being parallel to the Belur Tag, and to the course of the Indus.
The feeders of the Khotan-daria, called Koten River, Orankash R., and Karakish,
take their origin from the N. E. slopes of this range. A curious feature of the map
which is, however, quite easy to understand, is the way in which Arrowsmith has
placed the upper course of the Indus River. We remember that MONSERRATE
220 years earlier had given a quite correct general course of the Upper Indus. The
latter was »captured« by the Lamas and transferred to the Ganges System, a view
also kept by Arrowsmith. This famous cartographer has, in a quite new and original
way, tried to make use of the information he has gathered from old sources. In
the region in question we find the traces of GOES, BERNIER, the LAMAS, TIEFFEN-

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