Search Results: trans himalaya discoveries and adventures in tibet by hedin sven 1865 1952

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London: Macmillan & Co Ltd. Fair. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 426, [2 ads] pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white drawings and photographic plates. Herein this prolific Swedish explorer recounts and illustrates his early travels in Tibet. Faded reddish cloth adorned with nice gilt illustration on front. Backstrip lettering rubbed but legible. Prior owner's name stamped atop front free endpaper. Half of blank page prior to index missing. (The lists of illustrations and maps suggest neither were attached to this page.) Heavily worn with numerous defects. Lacking fold-out map at back, otherwise a worthy reading copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet - Volume III / 3 / Three (Only) travel Exploration Asia Yumba-Matsen Indus Gartok Ladak Selipuk Monastery Kyangyang Catholic Missionaries Jesuits D'Anville Ritter Humboldt Huc St. Sow Manasarowar Holy L .

New York: Macmillan Company, 1909. First American Edition. As usual, offered without the third volume, which was published in 1913. On his third expedition, 1905-08, Hedin investigated the Central Persian desert basins, the western highlands of Tibet, and the Transhimalaya, which for some time afterward was called the Hedin Range. He visited the 9th Panchen Lama in the cloister city of Tashilhunpo in Shigatse, and was the first European to reach the Kailash region, the sacred Lake Manasarovar and the sacred Mount Kailash, the midpoint of the earth according to Buddhist and Hindu mythology. His most important accomplishment was the sources of the Indus and Brahmaputra Rivers. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxiii, 436, [4]ads; xvii, 439, [4]ads. with half-titles. 10 maps (3 folding colour) & 388 illus. from photographs, watercolour sketches & drawings by the author on 206 plates (8 colour, 2 folding). original cloth, gilt vignette on upper covers, t.e.g., others untrimmed (spines dull, 1 inner hinge partly cracked)