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Livres anciens et modernes

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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Détails

Année
1972
Lieu d'édition
Freeport, Ny
Auteur
Waddell, L. Austine
Éditeurs
Books for Librairies Press
Thème
Tibet
Description
H
Jaquette
Non
Etat de conservation
En excellent ètat
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Non

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.