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Himalaya : a human history /

A magisterial history of the Himalaya, an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains. For many years, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation, pilgrims, adventurers and mountain...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Douglas, Ed, 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Himalaya Mountains Region > Civilization.
Himalaya Mountains Region > History.
HISTORY / Asia / General.
Table of Contents:
  • Pilgrims
  • Origins
  • The First Explorers
  • Lost Kingdoms
  • The Architects of Xanadu
  • The Rise of Gorkha
  • The High Road to Tibet
  • Trade Wars
  • The Hard Road to Sagauli
  • Mapping the Himalaya
  • The Tyrant and the Scholar
  • Crossing Borders
  • 'Forbidden' City
  • The Plant Hunters
  • The First Mountaineers
  • Everest Diplomacy
  • Utopias
  • Summit Fever
  • Songs from a Dark Cell
  • Claiming Chomolungma.