The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 467
... Yarkend and Khoten in the great plain of Chinese Tartary beyond the mountains . That a survey of this extensive and exhaustive nature should have been carried on by British officers in a country under foreign rule , and at a distance of ...
... Yarkend and Khoten in the great plain of Chinese Tartary beyond the mountains . That a survey of this extensive and exhaustive nature should have been carried on by British officers in a country under foreign rule , and at a distance of ...
Page 469
... Yarkend , Ladakh , and Cashmere , reaching Calcutta in due course , from whence he was conveyed to St. Petersburg . His personal adventures are of some interest , and a vocabulary which he gives of the Bokhara dialect of that time , and ...
... Yarkend , Ladakh , and Cashmere , reaching Calcutta in due course , from whence he was conveyed to St. Petersburg . His personal adventures are of some interest , and a vocabulary which he gives of the Bokhara dialect of that time , and ...
Page 470
... Yarkend and Aksú to Turfan at the foot of the Thian - Shan ; and finally ascended the mountains by the famous Muzart defile ( or Pass of Glaciers , ' as it is usually called ) , and so on by Kulja to Semipolatinsk . A more direct line ...
... Yarkend and Aksú to Turfan at the foot of the Thian - Shan ; and finally ascended the mountains by the famous Muzart defile ( or Pass of Glaciers , ' as it is usually called ) , and so on by Kulja to Semipolatinsk . A more direct line ...
Page 472
... Yarkend was more than 3 ° ; and that even in regard to Khoten , which they claim to have fixed , they were in error to the extent of 37 ' of longitude . instead instead of before , his coffee . Forster , again 472 Central Asia .
... Yarkend was more than 3 ° ; and that even in regard to Khoten , which they claim to have fixed , they were in error to the extent of 37 ' of longitude . instead instead of before , his coffee . Forster , again 472 Central Asia .
Page 473
... Yarkend , Ladakh and Cashmere , and beyond that point among the mountains to Kafferistan on the Cabul frontier , it ought to be full of interest and value ; but unfortunately the names , distances , and bear- ings are so distorted and ...
... Yarkend , Ladakh and Cashmere , and beyond that point among the mountains to Kafferistan on the Cabul frontier , it ought to be full of interest and value ; but unfortunately the names , distances , and bear- ings are so distorted and ...
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