1163708 China: Caravan at rest in the Kunlun Mountains, southwest Xinjiang, late 19th century by Schlagintweit, Hermann (1826-82); (add.info.: The Kunlun Mountains are one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending more than 3,000 km. In the broadest sense, it forms the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau south of the Tarim basin and the Gansu corridor and continues east south of the Wei River to end at the North China Plain. From Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia undertaken 1854-1857 by Hermann and Robert Schlagintweit); Pictures from History; German, out of copyright.