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AN ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY TO THE COURT OF THE TESHOO LAMA, IN TIBET
CONTAINING A NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY THROUGH BOOTAN, AND PART OF TIBET |
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Samuel Turner, Samuel Davis (Illus), Robert Saunders |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108061354 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108061353 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
21 June, 2013 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia |
| Pages: |
532 |
| Description: |
The first such work in the English language, this eyewitness description of Tibet and Bhutan was originally published in 1800. |
| Synopsis: |
In 1783, at the opportunity presented by a new Panchen (or Teshoo) Lama, Bengal governor-general Warren Hastings sent a deputation to Tibet and Bhutan in the hope of promoting British-Indian trade across the Himalayas. Samuel Turner (1759-1802), an army officer in the East India Company, was appointed leader of the mission. His journal, offering first-hand descriptions of these countries, was originally published in 1800 and remained the only such English-language work for more than half a century. Assisted by the botanist and surgeon Robert Saunders and the surveyor and illustrator Samuel Davis, Turner interweaves geographical and scientific observations with descriptions of social and religious customs; the vivid account of his reception by the infant Panchen Lama is of particular note. The introduction sketches the history of Bengal-Bhutan relations and George Bogle's prior mission, while later sections deal with Tibet and the influence of China. This was and remains an invaluable account of eighteenth-century diplomacy. |
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13 b/w illus. 1 map |
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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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