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FRANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND: Explorer & Mystic.
de SEAVER, George
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London [1952], Murray. Buff cloth, 391p, frontispiece, 13 bw photos, 5 maps, dust jacket, very good, 14 x 22 cm. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION The only biography of Younghusband until Patrick French's of 1994. Younghusband's daughter had guarded her father's pap- ers well & had refused all but Seaver access. After her dea- th they were lodged in the India Office Library. Younghusb- and's two major achievements were the penetration of the continent of Asia from East to West by an unknown route, immediately followed by his crossing of the Himalayas by an unknown pass.The other his expedition through Tibet to Lhasa and the successful conclusion of his diplomatic mission there. Based on the Younghusband's own records the excellent resourse has been compiles. Covers his antecedents & upbri- nging, Clifton & Sandhurst, Meerut and Rawal Pindi, call of the hills, military staff appointments. Manchurian journey, across the Gobi desert to Yarkand, across the Himalayas by the Mustagh Pass. Hunza and the pamirs, Kashgar, missions to Chitral & Tibet, resident in Kashmir. His philosophy and the experience of pain. Empire and future of India, Royal Geogr- aphical Society and Everest expeditions. His last years and last adventure. Scans can be sent by email. .
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- FRANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND: Explorer & Mystic.
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- SEAVER, George
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- China: Social Science, Eclectic, All Subjects & Disciplines [no Art]; Tibet: All Items: Land, Her People, Mountains, Culture & Ethnology; Central Asia: Eclectic References On The Region; Foreigners In China: All Periods;
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