China To Chitral
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China To Chitral
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language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
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China To Chitral
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Author : Harold William Tilman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951
China To Chitral written by Harold William Tilman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with Asia, Central categories.
China To Chitral
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Author : Harold William Tilman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press
Release Date : 1951
China To Chitral written by Harold William Tilman and has been published by Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with Asia, Central categories.
Account of the author's trip across China from Shanghai to Urumchi, and beyond to Chinese Turkistan, the purpose of which was the attempt to climb two mountains in Central Asia.
China To Chitral With 69 Photographs Etc
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Author : Harold William TILMAN
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951
China To Chitral With 69 Photographs Etc written by Harold William TILMAN and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with categories.
China To Chitral
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Author : H.W. Tilman
language : en
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Release Date : 2017-01-26
China To Chitral written by H.W. Tilman and has been published by Vertebrate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-26 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In China to Chitral H.W. 'Bill' Tilman completes one of his great post-war journeys. He travels from Central China, crossing Sinkiang, the Gobi and Takla Makan Deserts, before escaping to a crumbling British Empire with a crossing of the Karakoram to the new nation of Pakistan. In 1951 there still persisted a legend that a vast mountain, higher than Everest, was to be found in the region, a good enough reason it seems for Tilman to traverse the land, 'a land shut in on three sides by vast snow ranges whose glacial streams nourish the oases and upon whose slopes the yaks and camels graze side by side; where in their felt yorts the Kirghiz and Kazak live much as they did in the days of Genghis Khan, except now they no longer take a hand in the devastation of Europe'. Widely regarded as some of Tilman's finest travel writing, China to Chitral is full of understatement and laconic humour, with descriptions of disastrous attempts on unclimbed mountains with Shipton, including Bogdo Ola—an extension of the mighty Tien Shan mountains—and the Chakar Aghil group near Kashgar on the old silk road. His command of the Chinese language—five words, all referring to food—proves less than helpful in his quest to find a decent meal: 'fortunately, in China there are no ridiculous hygienic regulations on the sale of food'. Tilman also has several unnerving encounters with less-than-friendly tribesmen ... Tilman starts proper in Lanchow where he describes with some regret that he is less a traveller and more a passenger on this great traverse of the central basin and rim of mountain ranges at Asia's heart. But Tilman is one of our greatest ever travel writers, and we become a passenger to his adventurers.
China To Chitral
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language : en
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Release Date : 1951
China To Chitral written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) categories.
The Heart Of A Continent
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Author : Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
The Heart Of A Continent written by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with History categories.
Serindia
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Author : Sir Aurel Stein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Serindia written by Sir Aurel Stein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Asia, Central categories.
The Relief Of Chitral
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Author : SIR FRANCIS. YOUNGHUSBAND YOUNGHUSBAND (GEORGE JOHN.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-03-09
The Relief Of Chitral written by SIR FRANCIS. YOUNGHUSBAND YOUNGHUSBAND (GEORGE JOHN.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-09 with History categories.
"Comprehensively suitable for military historian, academic researcher or simply for general interest. " "An excellent account of a siege on the northwest frontier of the" great game". " "The siege and successful relief of Chitral was a key episode in British Imperial history, coming as it did just a decade after Britain's humiliation in Khartoum, and three years before the their long-delayed response against the Mahdi at Omdurman." About the author: Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, (born May 31, 1863, Murree, India-died July 31, 1942, Lytchett Minster, Dorset, England), British army officer and explorer whose travels, mainly in northern India and Tibet, yielded major contributions to geographical research; he also forced the conclusion of the Anglo-Tibetan Treaty (September 6, 1904) that gained Britain long-sought trade concessions. Younghusband entered the army in 1882 and in 1886-87 crossed Central Asia from Beijing to Yarkand (now in the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, China). Continuing on to India by way of the long-unused Mustagh (Muztag) Pass of the Karakoram Range, he proved the range to be the water divide between India and Turkistan. On two later expeditions to Central Asia he explored the Pamirs (mountains). After repeated British attempts to gain trading rights with Tibet, Lord Curzon, viceroy of India, authorized Younghusband to cross the Tibetan border accompanied by a military escort to negotiate trade and frontier issues (July 1903). When efforts to begin negotiations failed, the British under the command of Major General James Macdonald invaded the country and slaughtered some 600 Tibetans at Guru. Younghusband moved on to Jiangzi (Gyantze), where his second attempt to begin trade negotiations also failed. He then marched into Lhasa, the capital, with British troops and forced the conclusion of a trade treaty with the Dalai Lama, Tibet's ruler. This action brought him a knighthood in 1904. (britannica.com)
Karakoram Highway
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Author : John King
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Karakoram Highway written by John King and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
The only guide to the Karakoram Highway (KKH) makes this lost link in the ancient Asian 'high road' accessible to all. This book allows you to explore the region's mind-bending mountain scenery and rich cultural diversity and brings the mystical trip from north-western China to northern Pakistan to your fingertips. Book jacket.