1985 Heuberger Topographical Map Mount (1 results)

Good. Wear along original fold lines. Slight loss at fold intersections. Verso repairs to fold separations and at fold intersections. Size 32.75 x 46.5 Inches. This is a striking 1985 Helmut Heuberger and Working Group for Comparative High Mountain Research (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für vergleichende Hochgebirgsforschung) map of Mount Everest and vicinity. Red manuscript notations trace the route followed by an expedition through the mountains, eventually reaching the top of the Khumbu Glacier within sight of Everest. Follow a Trek to Everest! The map depicts the region from the Lunag Glacier and Pigpherago Shar to Khumbakarna Himal and Chomo Là nzà and from Jobo Rabzang to Chamlang and Iswa La. Numerous locations throughout are identified, including Mount Everest (Sagarmatha), which is situated just below and to the left of the key. Towns, villages, and other settlements are labeled, including Nauche (Namche Bazar), one of the waypoints on almost all treks to Everest, and one of the places through which the expedition traced here stopped. Himalayan peaks are identified throughout, complete with their elevations (in meters), as are glaciers and lakes. Contour lines cover the whole, underscoring elevation as essential to navigation the Himilayas. A key situated in the upper right includes a legend, a conversion table from meters to feet, and a publishing history. Publication History and Census This map was revised in 1984 by Helmut Heuberger and published in 1985 by Arbeitsgemeinschaft für vergleichende Hochgebirgsforschung, the Working Group for Comparative High Mountain Research. Two previous editions had been published in 1965 and 1978. The OCLC records examples of the 1985 edition in the institutional collections of the University of New Mexico, the University of Utah, the University of California - Berkeley, the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, and the University of Dresden. References: OCLC 17616685.