The Pundits : British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia /

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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 tr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Waller, Derek J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Travel.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Central Asia.
Region autonome du Tibet (Chine) > Descriptions et voyages.
Asie centrale > Descriptions et voyages.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Description and travel.
Asia, Central > Description and travel.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Preface; 1. The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India; 2. First Attempts: Abdul Hamid and Nain Singh; 3. Across the Northwest Frontier: The Mirza, the Havildar, and the Mullah; 4. To Tibet and Beyond: The Singh Family; Illustrations; 5. The Forsyth Missions to Yarkand and Kashgar; 6. Around Everest and Kanchenjunga: Hari Ram and Rinzing Namgyal; 7. ""A Hardy Son of Soft Bengal""; 8. The Tsangpo-Brahmaputra Controversy: Lala, Nem Singh, and Kintup; 9. Questions of Secrecy; 10. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Note on Map Sources; Index; A; B; C.
  • DE; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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