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1881 Map of Sikkim by Sir Richard Temple
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1881 Map of Sikkim by Sir Richard Temple

1881 Map of Sikkim published with a paper by Sir Richard Temple in the Journal of Royal Geographical Society, 1881. British India's border with Sikkim and Bhutan shows the Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts acquired from those states. The trade route between Kalimpong and the Chumbi Valley via Jelep La is also shown.

Date
1881
Mapmaker / publisher
W. J. Turner, RGS (W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London)
Place
Chumbi Valley
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
2,946 × 2,766 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 70 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-70-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"1881 Map of Sikkim by Sir Richard Temple" (1881). W. J. Turner, RGS (W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1881_Map_of_Sikkim_by_Sir_Richard_Temple.jpg

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