Through Unknown Tibet

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First published in 1898, this book is about a journey that the author made in 1896, which took him from India across to Tibet and then to China. As with all travelogues written during this age, there are descriptions of everything that the author saw, heard and experienced while travelling. There are notices on the people, anecdotes and accounts of their daily lives, customs, folklore, local politics, geographical and meteorological readings, personal experiences, interactions with friendly as well as hostile natives, etc. The 79 photographs in the book enhance its reading pleasure.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter I Preparation for the Journey - 1
Chapter II Baltal Leh 20
Chapter III Following the Indus 40
Chapter IV Mun Ludhkong 50
Chapter V Mortality Among Sheep 60
Chapter VI Our Retreat 74
Chapter VII A Cold Night 81
Chapter VIII Lake Lightly 90
Chapter IX Terrible Gun Accident 104
Chapter X I Shoot a Yak 116
Chapter XI Shooting an Antelope 127
Chapter XII A Footprint 141
Chapter XIII Return of the Deserters 152
Chapter XIV A Serpentine River 164
Chapter XV Shooting A Troublesome Mule 172
Chapter XVI Another Chula 185
Chapter XVII We Catch up the Merchant's 195
Chapter XVIII Management of the Tibetan 204
Chapter XIX We Leave the Kushok 218
Chapter XX Following the Memoran 227
Chapter XXI With the Mangols 240
Chapter XXII Esau and I set off 256
Chapter XXIII A VIsit to Chen 267
Chapter XXIV The Story of the First Buddha 285
Chapter XXV The Mohammedan Rebellion in China 298
Chapter XXVI Parting from Lobsan 315
Chapter XXVII Shang Tan 325
Chapter XXVIII We pay off Shukr Ali 332
Chapter XXIX Missionary Yarns 352
Chapter XXX Pao Teo 367
Chapter XXXI How to Manage Innkeepers 386
Chapter XXXII A Truculent Innkeepers 398
Chapter XXXIII Back to India 415
Appendices 423
Index 437

Produktdetails

Erscheinungsdatum

20. Januar 2025

Sprache

englisch

Seitenanzahl

460

Autor/Autorin

M S Wellby

Verlag/Hersteller

Mare Nostrum

Produktart

gebunden

ISBN

9789390729180

Portrait

M S Wellby

M.S. Wellby (1866-1900)?was?a?Captain?of?18th?Royal?Hussars.

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