C1870

Sketch map of Eastern Turkistan showing the hydrography of the Pamir to the East; the true courses of the Yarkand and Karakash rivers with all the routes from Ladak across the Karakoram and adjacent ranges,

Mapmaker:

George Jonas Whitaker Hayward (1839 - 1870)

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Map of Eastern Turkestan by George Hayward. From the original edition of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society.

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Full Title:

Sketch map of Eastern Turkistan showing the hydrography of the Pamir to the East; the true courses of the Yarkand and Karakash rivers with all the routes from Ladak across the Karakoram and adjacent ranges,

Date:

C1870

Mapmaker:

George Jonas Whitaker Hayward (1839 - 1870)

Engraver:

E.Weller

Condition:

Narrow right margin as usual, otherwise in good condition, with folds as issued.

Technique:

Lithograph with original hand colouring.

Image Size:

317mm

x 450mm

Paper Size:

335mm

x 470mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1870

Description:

Map of Eastern Turkestan by George Hayward.

From the original edition of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society.

Mapmaker:

George Jonas Whitaker Hayward (1839–1870) was a well known nineteenth-century English explorer. In 1868 he approached Sir Henry Rawlinson, vice president of the Royal Geographical Society. He wanted to be hired as an explorer in central Asia and the western Himalayas. Surprisingly Hayward was provided with £300, surveying equipment, map making instruments and instructions to attempt to reach and survey the then unmapped Pamir Mountains. He was to become the only explorer funded by the Royal Geographical Society during “The Great Game.”