L. Austine Waddell

Among the Himalayas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A well-illustrated 1899 account of jungles, glaciers, dizzying mountain ridges, rickety bamboo bridges, tribal peoples and unfamiliar food.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 474
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 663g
• ISBN-13: 9781108081634
• ISBN-10: 1108081630
• Artikelnr.: 42138281

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. To Darjeeling and the preparations for our journey
2. The start and cross into native Sikhim
3. Up the Teesta valley to the king's capital
4. At the capital of Sikhim to the threshold of the snows
5. The alpine Lachoong valley to the Tibetan frontier and passes
6. The Lachen valley and eastern glaciers of Kanchen-Junga
7. Through British Bhotan to Darjeeling
8. To the eastern pass of the Jelep, and the scene of the late war
9. Along the Nepal frontier towards Everest
10. The southern peaks and glaciers of the Kanchen-Junga group
11. The Kang pass for the western glaciers of Kanchen-Junga and for Jannu
Appendix
Index.