An 1899 map drawn by Garwood,...

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An 1899 map drawn by Garwood,...

An 1899 map drawn by Garwood,...

An 1899 map drawn by Garwood, photographed from my copy of Douglas Freshfield's Round Kangchenjunga.
I added the black labels, and the location of Peak 5950. Freshfield's route is the red line, and that is on the original map.
Compare with this satellite photo of the same region.
Nelson
on May 12, 2005 10:07 am
Lat/Lon: 27.80280°N / 88.11330°E
Image ID: 104690

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brendon

brendon - May 15, 2005 2:37 am - Hasn't voted

Old-time cartographers

They were pretty good at what they did. It's amazing how maps of the coast are similar to satellite images today.



Artist renditions of mountains, however, always seem to have exaggerated relief. Have you noticed that?

Nelson

Nelson - May 15, 2005 6:13 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Old-time cartographers

Yes, when you compare this map with the satellite photo it is pretty amazing.



I can't say that I have in general noticed artistic exaggerated relief. In this case the satellite seems exaggerated, them's big mountains! But it would make sense that an artist would be tempted to exaggerate for effect.

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