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Author : Graham Sandberg (i.e. Samuel Louis Graham)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Exploration of Tibet written by Graham Sandberg (i.e. Samuel Louis Graham) and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John MacGregor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Tibet: a Chronicle of Exploration written by John MacGregor and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Graham Sandberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (637 download)
Download or read book The Exploration of Tibet written by Graham Sandberg and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Graham Sandberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Exploration of Tibet: History and Particulars written by Graham Sandberg and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Luree Miller
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 159485386X
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (948 download)
Download or read book On Top of the World written by Luree Miller and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1984-10-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * An astonishing tale of perseverance * Wonderful insight into 19th century Tibet * A moving tale of adventure and discovery In the late 1800's, when women were bound by both cumbersome clothing and strict Victorian morals, a small band of astonishing women explorers burst forth to claim the adventurous life. What drew the five profiled in this book -- three British, one American, one French -- was Tibet, then the ultimate in exploration. Nina Mazuchelli organized a small expedition, urging the party on when they were lost on a glacier. Annie Taylor, a reckless, romantic missionary in China, knew her life was in danger the moment she crossed into Tibet. Esabella Bird Bishop, sickly while at home, was always robust on her adventures; she was nearly 60 when she went to Tibet. Fanny Bullock Workman plowed her way up Himalaya and Karakoram mountains, saying any woman could do so. Alexandra David-Neel, at 56, trekked for eight months through tropical lowlands and snow-covered passes with only a backpack and a begging bowl. Even by today's standards these women's accomplishments are remarkable.
Author : Cecil Godfrey Rawling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Great Plateau written by Cecil Godfrey Rawling and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Graham Sandberg
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282121358
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (213 download)
Download or read book The Exploration of Tibet written by Graham Sandberg and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Exploration of Tibet: Its History and Particulars From 1623 to 1904 Tibet, in area some square miles, extend ing through 22 degrees of longitude and occupying from north to south on an average some 6 degrees of latitude, has only within the last 35 years been brought under the domain of definite geographical knowledge. A few isolated attempts to ascertain its physical fea tures had been made from time to time during the preceding years; but systematic exploration and the assimilation of the facts discovered throughout the entire territory belong to the present generation. The gradual elucidation of the geography and physio graphy of this unknown and forbidden region, under unexampled difficulties both natural and political, forms an interesting and even bewitching story. Ti bet onoe so mysterious in all its characteristics is being rapidly unravelled. Much has been revealed, though exploration and travel have still a good deal of work yet to do in a land from which we are still in a large measure shut out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Peter Hopkirk
Publisher : Tarcher
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Trespassers on the Roof of the World written by Peter Hopkirk and published by Tarcher. This book was released on 1983 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kurtis R. Schaeffer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231147163
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)
Download or read book The Culture of the Book in Tibet written by Kurtis R. Schaeffer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on sources spanning the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, Kurtis R. Schaeffer envisions the scholars and hermits, madmen and ministers, kings and queens responsible for Tibet's massive canons. He describes how Tibetan scholars edited and printed works of religion, literature, art, and science and what this indicates about the interrelation of material and cultural practices. The Tibetan book is at once the embodiment of the Buddha's voice, a principal means of education, a source of tradition and authority, an economic product, a finely crafted aesthetic object, a medium of Buddhist written culture, and a symbol of the religion itself. A meticulous study that draws on more than 150 understudied Tibetan sources, The Culture of the Book in Tibet is the first volume to trace this singular history, allowing for a greater understanding of the Tibetan plateau.
Author : Derek Waller
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813149045
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The Pundits written by Derek Waller and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a September day in 1863, Abdul Hamid entered the Central Asian city of Yarkand. Disguised as a merchant, Hamid was actually an employee of the Survey of India, carrying concealed instruments to enable him to map the geography of the area. Hamid did not live to provide a first-hand count of his travels. Nevertheless, he was the advance guard of an elite group of Indian trans-Himalayan explorers—recruited, trained, and directed by the officers of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India—who were to traverse much of Tibet and Central Asia during the next thirty years. Derek Waller presents the history of these explorers, who came to be called "native explorers" or "pundits" in the public documents of the Survey of India. In the closed files of the government of British India, however, they were given their true designation as spies. As they moved northward within the Indian subcontinent, the British demanded precise frontiers and sought orderly political and economic relationships with their neighbors. They were also becoming increasingly aware of and concerned with their ignorance of the geographical, political, and military complexion of the territories beyond the mountain frontiers of the Indian empire. This was particularly true of Tibet. Though use of pundits was phased out in the 1890s in favor of purely British expeditions, they gathered an immense amount of information on the topography of the region, the customs of its inhabitants, and the nature of its government and military resources. They were able to travel to places where virtually no European count venture, and did so under conditions of extreme deprivation and great danger. They are responsible for documenting an area of over one million square miles, most of it completely unknown territory to the West. Now, thanks to Waller's efforts, their contributions to history will no longer remain forgotten.
Author : Graham Sandberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (739 download)
Download or read book The Exploration of Tibet written by Graham Sandberg and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Walter Gregory
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)
Download or read book To the Alps of Chinese Tibet written by John Walter Gregory and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Graham Sandberg
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781376558401
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (584 download)
Download or read book The Exploration of Tibet written by Graham Sandberg and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Derek Waller
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813184290
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The Pundits written by Derek Waller and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a September day in 1863, Abdul Hamid entered the Central Asian city of Yarkand. Disguised as a merchant, Hamid was actually an employee of the Survey of India, carrying concealed instruments to enable him to map the geography of the area. Hamid did not live to provide a first-hand count of his travels. Nevertheless, he was the advance guard of an elite group of Indian trans-Himalayan explorers—recruited, trained, and directed by the officers of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India—who were to traverse much of Tibet and Central Asia during the next thirty years. Derek Waller presents the history of these explorers, who came to be called "native explorers" or "pundits" in the public documents of the Survey of India. In the closed files of the government of British India, however, they were given their true designation as spies. As they moved northward within the Indian subcontinent, the British demanded precise frontiers and sought orderly political and economic relationships with their neighbors. They were also becoming increasingly aware of and concerned with their ignorance of the geographical, political, and military complexion of the territories beyond the mountain frontiers of the Indian empire. This was particularly true of Tibet. Though use of pundits was phased out in the 1890s in favor of purely British expeditions, they gathered an immense amount of information on the topography of the region, the customs of its inhabitants, and the nature of its government and military resources. They were able to travel to places where virtually no European count venture, and did so under conditions of extreme deprivation and great danger. They are responsible for documenting an area of over one million square miles, most of it completely unknown territory to the West. Now, thanks to Waller's efforts, their contributions to history will no longer remain forgotten.
Author : Michel Peissel
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312309534
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Tibet written by Michel Peissel and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passionate homage to Tibet in words and pictures by one of the last great explorers who brings the geographical, spiritual, and intellectual heart of the country to life. 250 photos.
Author : Henry Hugh Peter Deasy
Publisher : London : Unwin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan written by Henry Hugh Peter Deasy and published by London : Unwin. This book was released on 1901 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Hopkirk
Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 1848547269
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (485 download)
Download or read book Trespassers on the Roof of the World written by Peter Hopkirk and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other land has captured man's imagination quite like Tibet. Hidden away behind the highest mountains on earth, and ruled over by a mysterious God-king, it was for centuries a land forbidden to all outsiders. In this remarkable and ultimately tragic narrative, Peter Hopkirk recounts the forcible opening up of this medieval Buddhist kingdom by inquisitive Western travellers during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the race to reach Lhasa, Tibet's sacred capital. This epic, often harrowing tale, which ends with the Chinese invasion of 1950, draws on a colourful cast of gatecrashers from nine different countries. Among them were adventurous young officers on Great Game missions, explorers and mountaineers, mystics and missionaries. All took their lives in their hands, including three intrepid women. Some were never to return.
