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MONTGOMERIE, THOMAS GEORGE. Map of Kashmir with Part of Adjacent Mountains. Lithographed map, sparingly hand-colored, in 4 sheets, each mounted in 15 sections on linen. Composite dimensions 1295x1360 mm; map clean, minor soiling and stains on the linen backing; in broken contemporary cloth slipcase. Dehra Dun: J. & C. Walker for Surveyor General's Field Office, 1859
An army officer assigned to the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, Montgomerie supervised the successful triangulation of Jammu and Kashmir, "remarkable for its accuracy" (Markham), by a team working in difficult high-altitude conditions. He introduced the nomenclature of K1 through K6 to identify 6 mountains in the Karakoram range and later developed the system of training natives as clandestine surveyors to work in areas inaccessible to British personnel. Markham, A Memoir of the Indian Surveys (1878), pages 113-114 and 407. with: The Himalayan Journal, Volume 22, 1959-60. 16 leaves of photographic illustrations. [12], 178 pages. 8vo, original wrappers, backstrip chipped. Pages [95]-102 contain R. H. Phillimore, Survey of Kashmir and Jammu, 1855 to 1865.
