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100 1 _aTeltscher, Kate.
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245 1 4 _aThe high road to China : George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the first British expedition to Tibet /
_cKate Teltscher.
260 _aLondon :
_bBloomsbury,
_c2006.
300 _axvi, 316 p., [8] p. of plates :
_bcol. ill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-299) and index.
505 _aPart I; Bengal & Bhutan 1774 1 The Pahchen Lama's Letter 2 Private Commissions to Mr Bogie 3 Lazy, Lolling Palankins 4 Perpetual Ascending and Descending 5 The First European in These Parts 6 Monkish to the Greatest Degree 7 Bloody Work Part II: Tibet 1774-1775 8 God's Vicegerent 9 To Tashilhunpo 10 Thibet Vocabulary 11 The Business of a Traveller 12 Living Like a Thibetian 13 A Last Farewell Part III: Bengal, Tibet & China 177 5-1793 14 Melancholy Hall 15 Tibet Garden 16 To Adventure for Possibilities 17 The Emperor's Invitation 18 The Meeting between the Two 19 The Pure Light of the Void 20 The Tank 21 The Golden Urn
650 0 _aPanchen lamas.
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651 0 _aTibet Autonomous Region (China)
_xDiscovery and exploration
_xBritish.
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