An Atlas of the Himalayas by a 19th Century Tibetan Lama : a journey of discovery /  Diana Lange.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Diana Lange's patient investigations have, in this wonderful piece of detective work, solved the mysteries of six extraordinary maps of routes across Tibet, clearly hand-drawn in the late 1850s by a local artist, known as the British Library's Wise Collection. Diana Lange now reveals not only the previously unknown identity of the Scottish colonial official who commissioned the maps from a Tibetan Buddhist lama, but also the story of how the Wise Collection came to be in the British Library. The result is both a spectacular illustrated ethnographic atlas and a unique compendium of knowledge concerning the mid-19th century Tibetan world, as well as a remarkable account of an academic journey of discovery. It will entertain and inform anyone with an interest in this fascinating region. This large format book is lavishly illustrated in colour and includes four separate large foldout maps.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Notes on Transliteration -- Chapter 1. The Wise Collection: An Overview -- 1.1. Key Data -- 1.2. Cataloguing in the British Library -- 1.3. Overview of the Maps and Drawings (Sorted by the BL Shelfmarks) -- 1.4. Dating the Material -- Chapter 2. The Wise Collection: Reading Maps and Drawings -- Chapter 3. The Wise Collection: A Biography -- Chapter 4. The Wise Collection Key Players: William Edmund Hay and the Tibetan Lama -- 4.1. Hay's Way to the Western Himalayas -- 4.2. Hay in Kullu

4.3. "A Very Fair Draughtsman": The Lama from Lhasa -- Chapter 5. Historical Background -- 5.1. British Exploration of Tibet in the Mid-nineteenth Century -- 5.2. The Tibetan Perspective -- 5.3. Knowledge Production in the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 6. Peoples and Costumes of the Himalayas -- Chapter 7. Putting Lhasa on the Map -- 7.1. Potala and Surroundings -- 7.2. Jokhang Temple and Surroundings -- Chapter 8. Places and Events in Lhasa -- 8.1. Néchung State Oracle -- 8.2. Ache Lhamo Performance at Tsémönling Monastery -- 8.3. Rope Sliding at the Potala Shöl Area

8.4. A Kalachakra Ceremony in the Potala Déyangshar -- 8.5. A Governmental Ritual in the Chinese Guandi Temple (Gesar Lhakhang) -- 8.6. Disposing of the Dead at Lhasa -- 8.7. Sharing Knowledge on Religion -- 8.8. Visual Narratives on Tibetan Wedding Ceremonies -- Chapter 9. Journey to the South -- 9.1. The Eastern Kyichu Valley -- 9.2. Samyé Monastery and Surroundings -- 9.3. Ceremonies at Samyé Monastery -- 9.4. The Northern Yarlung Valley -- 9.5. The Chonggyé Valley and Southern Borderlands -- Chapter 10. Journey to the West -- 10.1. The Western Kyichu Valley

10.2. Yamdrok Lake and Surroundings -- 10.3. Gyantsé and the Nyang Valley -- 10.4. Shigatse and Surroundings -- 10.5. Lhatsé, Shelkar and Dingri -- 10.6. From Ngamring to Saga -- 10.7. Tradün and Surroundings -- 10.8. Lake Manasarowar and Surroundings -- 10.9. Mount Kailash and Surroundings -- 10.10. Gartok and Gar Gunsa -- 10.11. Western Tibetan Borderlands -- 10.12. The Lama's Journey to Kullu -- Chapter 11. Travelling in the West: The Ladakh Indus Valley and Zangskar Valley -- 11.1. The Ladakh Indus Valley -- 11.2. The Zangskar Valley

Chapter 12. Conclusion: Understanding the Wise Collection -- Glossary -- List of Tibetan Words -- Bibliography -- Index

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Colours on East Asian maps : their use and materiality in China, Japan and Korea between the mid-17th and early 20th century / by Diana Lange, Oliver Hahn.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-87).

Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Colour Makes the Map -- 3 Colour Meets Map -- 4 Putting Colour on Maps -- 5 Colour and Science -- 6 Shedding Light on Colours on Maps -- 7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix: Non-invasive Techniques Bibliography.

"With a multi-perspective approach and transdisciplinary methods (humanities and sciences), this book offers an in-depth and systematic study of hand-drawn and hand-coloured maps from East Asia. Map colouring provides an insight into past societies, landscapes and territories. Colour is an important key to a more precise understanding of the map's content, purposes and uses; moreover, colours are also an important aspect of a map's materiality. The material scientific analysis of colourants makes it possible to find out more about maps? material nature and their production as well as the social, geographical and political context in which they were made. 'Reading' colours in this way gives a glimpse into the social lives of mapmakers as well as map users and reveals the complexity of the historical and social context in which maps were produced and how the maps were actually made"-- Page 4 of cover.

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Maps and colours : a complex relationship / edited by Diana Lange, Benjamin van der Linde.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Diana Lange and Benjamin van der Linde -- Part 1. Unlocking the History of Maps by Reading Their Colours -- Part 2. Understanding Past Representations of Territories in Europe through Colours on Maps -- Part 3. De-coding Map Colouring Practices beyond Europe -- Part 4. Examining the Materiality of Maps as a Key to Past Mapping Practices.

"Colours make the map: they affect the map's materiality, content, and handling. With a wide range of approaches, 14 case studies from various disciplines deal with the colouring of maps from different geographical regions and periods. Connected by their focus on the (hand)colouring of the examined maps, the authors demonstrate the potential of the study of colour to enhance our understanding of the material nature and production of maps and the historical, social, geographical and political context in which they were made. Contributors are: Diana Lange, Benjamin van der Linde, Jörn Seemann, Tomasz Panecki, Chet van Duzer, Marian Coman, Anne Christine Lien, Juliette Dumasy-Rabineau, Nadja Danilenko, Sang-hoon Jang, Anna Boroffka, Stephanie Zehnle, Haida Liang, Sotiria Kogou, Luke Butler, Elke Papelitzky, Richard Pegg, Lucia Pereira Pardo, Neil Johnston, Rose Mitchell, and Annaleigh Margey"-- Provided by publisher.

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