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SERINDIA MAPS - STEIN

 
 

These are photos made from the original maps in Volume V of Serindia, Aurel Stein's report on his Second Expedition into Chinese Turkestan.

 
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Detain of map sheet # 11 - Yarkand - It shows the area north of the city with the Yarkand River flowing from the south to north with cultivation on both sides. This area was greatly expanded between Stein's visits in 1900 and 1911. It shows the ruins of Tatar and Uigur places. The Yarkand River provided a route across the desert between Yarkand and the Tarim basin. The river had great seasonal flood in late spring with melting snow on southern mountains and then very scanty flow in fall and what was left froze in winter.

 

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