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Language: en
Pages: 241
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-04-20 - Publisher: The History Press
In the 1860s, Captain Thomas Montgomerie trained natives to be surveyors, and had them explore the region covertly. These men, known as pundits, were disguised
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-01-18 - Publisher: National Geographic Books
A magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world’s highest mountains. For centuries, the unique and a
Language: en
Pages: 267
Pages: 267
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-02-01 - Publisher: Diane Books Publishing Company
The story of the Welsh Himalayan expedition, organized by Sydney Wignall in 1955 to climb Tibet's highest mountain, Gurla Mandhata. To protect the lives of thos
Language: en
Pages: 314
Pages: 314
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher:
When Sydney Wignall set off on a climbing expedition to the Himalayas in the 1950s, he little imagined he would become embroiled in an extraordinary, life-threa
