4 messages.-------------Johnnie
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>From: "L. A. Nadybal" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Mustang
You're right - there was a semi-independent entity by that anglicized name
stuck off in a remote valley on the Nepal-Tibet border. I came across a
bibliographic reference to it the other day as I was reading about Bhutan.
If you want to read up on it, I'll try to locate the reference again.
I also recall seeing a book about Mustang in a sales list from Gamrandt's
Books from the Orient Catalog. If your recollection really has led you to
want more than a confirmation of your memory, let me know, I'll get you
Gamrandt's URL address where his catalog is published.
Regards
Len Nadybal
Washington DC
At 03:14 PM 06/12/1996 EST, you wrote:
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> My memory tells me that there is a nation/kingdom/something called
>"MUSTANG", (at least as an English spelling), somewhere along the
>India/Nepal/Tibet borders. My questions are: Does it still exist? Where
>is/was it? What is/was it? Which reasonably available maps would it be
found on?
> I have one reference that says: "Mustang is probally a Napalese
>mispronunciation of the name of the capital of Lo, the city of Manthang".
>Moreover, the reference says: "The name is pronounced "Moo-stang" and has
>nothing to do with either the automobile or horse with a similar name".
> My need is more to satisfy an old memory rather than any major
>reason. However, I would appreciate any comments that are sent.
> Fred L. Schaff, <[log in to unmask]>
>
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>Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 22:33:28 -0700 (MST)
>From: Ronald Whistance-Smith <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Mustang
Dear Fred,
Nothing wrong with your memory. 29 deg. N, 84 deg. E. National Geographic,
Oct., 1965, pp 579-604: Cover title is Mustang, Nepal's lost Kingdom. Title
on article: Mustang, Remote realm of Nepal. Small map in the article is
1:800,000 and accompanies a location map of Nepal. The American Association
of Geographers produced a Map Supplement at a larger scale. I can't
remember the year but it will be available in your local University Map
Library (or should be). Other maps readily available at ever increasing
scales are 1:1,000,000 - either ONC Chart H-9 or IMW sheet NH 44. At
1:500,000 there is probably a TPC chart which will be number H-9B. At
1:250,000 see USAMS series for India which includes Nepal.
Ron
Ron Whistance-Smith
14520 84th Ave. NW
Edmonton, AB
Canada T5R 3X2
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>Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 09:08:17 -0700 (PDT)
>From: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Mustang
Fred:
Mustang is indeed a region in Nepal, at 29 degrees 10' N, 83 degrees 55'
E, in the west central part of the country, north of Pokhara and just
south of the Tibetan border - the protrusion of Mustang into Tibet is
easy to spot on a map. National Geographic did a memorable article on the
subject: "Mustang, Remote Realm in Nepal", by Michel Peissel, p. 579-604,
October, 1965.
I wasn't able to get that far into the interior when in Nepal, but I
remembered the article vividly.
Brian P. Bach
Map Technician, Central Washington University
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>Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 14:27:38 -0500 (EST)
>From: David Y Allen <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Mustang
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3331
David Y Allen
Library-Reference
516 632-7110
07-Dec-1996 02:20pm EST
FROM: DYALLEN
TO: Remote Addressee ( [log in to unmask] )
Subject: Re: Mustang
Mustang is an English name for Lo Monthang, which is now a
semi-autonomous part of Nepal, although it was formerly a separate kingdom.
Peter Matthiessen has recently written a couple of articles about his travels th
ere, one
of which appeared in Conde Nast Traveler, v. 27 (1992), 148 ff.
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