Scientific American Volume 88 Number 10 (March 1903) . 1850 the Great Trigonometrical Sur-vey of India extended their triangulation to the footof the Himalayas, and measurements were made fromthis newly gained base to the snowy peak beyond thefrontiers. Between November, 1849, and January, 1850, it wasdiscovered that in Tibet, at 27 deg. min. latitude TWO LLAMA PRIESTS and 86 deg. min. east longitude from Greenwicha peak rose to the enormous height of 29,002 feet, thehighest measured elevation on earth. He who has neverseen the Himalayas from Darjeeling has missed oneof the grandest
Scientific American Volume 88 Number 10 (March 1903) . 1850 the Great Trigonometrical Sur-vey of India extended their triangulation to the footof the Himalayas, and measurements were made fromthis newly gained base to the snowy peak beyond thefrontiers. Between November, 1849, and January, 1850, it wasdiscovered that in Tibet, at 27 deg. min. latitude TWO LLAMA PRIESTS and 86 deg. min. east longitude from Greenwicha peak rose to the enormous height of 29,002 feet, thehighest measured elevation on earth. He who has neverseen the Himalayas from Darjeeling has missed oneof the grandest views the world can afford. Darjeeling is within 24 hours of Calcutta, and Cal-cutta is less than three weeks from England, so thetraveler who is weary of Switzerland and who knowshis Europe well, may be recommended to betake him-self to the Himalayas. Roads have penetrated, says Major Waddell,the mountain fastnesses in nearly every direction inthe state of Sikkim, a Switzerland of the East, situatedin the heart of the Himalayas, within sight of the. culminating pinnacle ci! the world, Mount traveler need not dread the terrors of theregion, for the worst torrents have been bridged andtravelers staging houses have been erected along someof the chief routes, thus greatly facilitating the ex-ploration of these mighty mountains. Before concluding this article it may be interesting to recall the factthat the greatRussian painter,Vassili Verest-c h a g i n , whentraveling in Nor-thern India,made an attemptto ascend thenext highestmountain on theface of the globeafter Everest andK 2, viz., Kazch-enjunga, 28,000feet odd abovethe level, of thesea. Veres!; chaginattempted theascent in Janu-ary when themountain wascovered with iceand snow, and hegot no higherthan 15,000 was consider-ed a madman fortrying to do Englishofficers in then e i g h borhood,says a recent biographer of the painter, when firstthey heard of his project did all they could to dissuadehim
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