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The high road to China : George Bogle, the Panchen Lama, and the first British expedition to Tibet / Kate Teltscher.
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- Author/Creator:
- Teltscher, Kate.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bogle, George, 1746-1781--Travel--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Bogle, George.
- Bogle, George, 1746-1781.
- Dpal-ldan-ye-shes, Panchen Lama VI, 1738-1780.
- Travel.
- China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Dpal-ldan-ye-shes, Panchen Lama VI, 1738-1780--Travel--China.
- Dpal-ldan-ye-shes.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Discovery and exploration--British.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China).
- China.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Other Title:
- George Bogle, the Panchen Lama, and the first British expedition to Tibet
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
- Summary:
- In this narrative, Teltscher traces two extraordinary journeys across some of the harshest and highest terrain in the world: the first British mission to Tibet and the Panchen Lama's state visit to China to mark the emperor's 70th birthday.
- Contents:
- Part I : Bengal & Bhutan 1774
- The Panchen Lama's letter
- Private commissions to Mr Bogle
- Lazy, lolling palankins
- Perpetual ascending and descending
- The first European in these parts
- Monkish to the greatest degree
- Bloody work
- Part II: Tibet 1774-1775
- God's vicegerent
- To Tashilhunpo
- Thibet vocabulary
- The business of a traveller
- Living like a Thibetian
- A last farewell
- Part III: Bengal, Tibet & China 1775-1793
- Melancholy hall
- Tibet garden
- To adventure for possibilities
- The emperor's invitation
- The meeting between the two
- The pure light of the void
- The tank
- The golden urn.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-299) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780374217006
- 0374217009
- OCLC:
- 72871375
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- Publisher description
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