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082 _a920
_bALD/B
100 _aAlder, Garry
_921825
245 _a Beyond Bokhara: the life of William Moorcroft, Asian explorer and pioneer veterinary surgeon 1767-1825 /
_cGarry Alder
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aDelhi:
_bLow Price Publications,
_c2012.
300 _axiii, 423 p.:
_bill., maps.
504 _aIncludes index.
505 _a1 Lancashire Child, Liverpool Surgeon, 1767-88 2 Veterinary Student, London and France, 1788-92 3 Private Practice and the Veterinary Collie, 1792-1800 4 Failure and Success—Horseshoes and the India Connection, 1796-1808 5 Private World and the India Decision, 1792—1808 6 Interlude — the Voyage to India, May-November 1808 7 Disillusionment - Calcutta and Pusa, November—December 1808 8 Reforms at Pusa, 1809-10 9 The First Journey, 1811 10 Return to the North-West, January-May 1812 11 Journey to Tibet, May-August 1812 12 Prisoner of the Gurichas and Release, August-December 1812 13 Frustration at the Stud, 1813-14 14 War in Nepal and Victory at the Stud, October 1814-May 1819 15 The Great Journey Begins and is Checked, 1819 16 An Encounter with Ranjit Singh, January-June 1820 17 Kangra, Kulu, Lahul and Arrival in Ladakh, June-September 1820 18 Triumph in Ladakh, September 1820-August 1821 19 Setback in Ladakh, August 1821-October 1822 20 Kashmir and the Punjab, November 1822-December 1823 21' Afghanistan, December 1823-August 1824 22 Murad Beg of Kunduz, August 1824-January 1825 23 Journey's End, February-August 1825
650 _aVeterinary Medicine
_921826
650 _aLegendary Figures
_xSurgeon
_xBiography
_921827
942 _cWB16
999 _c2612
_d2612