A Mountain in Tibet by Charles Allen

A Mountain in Tibet by Charles Allen

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From 1808 to 1908 a succession of explorers and adventurers set out into the Himalayas and Tibet to discover the sources of the four great rivers of the Indian sub-continent: the Indus, Sutlej, Ganga and Brahmaputra. This is an account of that "last great adventure".

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A Mountain in Tibet by Charles Allen

From 1808 to 1908 a succession of explorers and adventurers set out into the Himalayas and Tibet to discover the sources of the four great rivers of the Indian sub-continent: the Indus, Sutlej, Ganga and Brahmaputra. This is an account of that "last great adventure".
Charles Allen is the author of a number of bestselling books about Indian and the colonial experience elsewhere. A traveller, historian and master storyteller he is one of the great chroniclers of India.
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ISBN 13 9780708823514
ISBN 10 0708823513
Title A Mountain in Tibet
Author Charles Allen
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 1983-08-11
Number of pages 254
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.