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It took Charles Bell, a British representative to convince the 13th Dalai Lama to allow this group to go and search out the peak which had previously been known as "Peak XV". Leaving from Sikkim and travelling north and west into the peaks, this is the first survey that now is all too often overlooked, though the first to meticulously photograph and map the peak and the region. A small map with interesting impact. Map rare maps

Mapmaker: Royal Geographical Society

(Nepal - Mt Everest) Sketch Map of Mount Everest from Surveys by Major Wheeler in 1921...

1924

  • Himalayas
  • Mount Everest
  • Mt Everest
  • Nepal

    • (Nepal - Mt Everest) Sketch Map of Mount Everest from Surveys by Major
    Wheeler in 1921..., Royal Geographical Society, c. 1924
    It took Charles Bell, a British representative to convince the 13th Dalai Lama to
    allow this group to go and search out the peak which had previously been known
    as "Peak XV". Leaving from Sikkim and travelling north and west into the peaks,
    this is the first survey that now is all too often overlooked, though the first to
    meticulously photograph and map the peak and the region. A small map with
    interesting impact. Condition is very good, image size is approximately 8.25 x 10
    (inches)