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Waddell, L. Austine

LHASA AND ITS MYSTERIES. With a Record of the Expedition of 1903-1904

Books for Librairies Press, 1972

90.00 €

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(Roma, Italy)

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Year of publication
1972
Place of printing
Freeport, Ny
Author
Waddell, L. Austine
Publishers
Books for Librairies Press
Keyword
Tibet
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

reprint of the 1906 illustrated third edition. 115 b.w. photos, colored frontis, bright copy, index, 17 appendices, large folding color map. this quality reprint , in red cloth, as the original. Lhasa the forbidden city, the Grand Lama and his evolution as the Priest-God of Lhasa, how the British mission came to be sent, great Northern plateau, invasion of Sikhim, col. Younghusband's peaceful mission becomes an armed force, invasion of the Chumbi valley across the Jelep pass,occupation of Phari Fort the advance to Tuna on the Tibetan plateau, Tang pass, wintering in Tibet, on to Guru, battle at the crystal springs. The Tibetan army and its leaders, Dash on Gyantse, past the Lakes Rham and Kala with fight in the Gorge of the Red Idol. Gyiantse its fort and town, temples, priests, convents of Gyantse visit to the caves of entombed hermits and besieged at Gyantse. Relief of Gyantse , storming of the Jong. Gyantse to Lhasa, past the Yamdok Sea , across the Tsangpo Valley.