The high road to China
Subtitle: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama, and the first British expedition to Tibet
By: Kate Teltscher
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780374217006
Subjects: Travel; British; Discovery and exploration
Other titles: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama, and the first British expedition to Tibet
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-299) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I : Bengal & Bhutan 1774; title: The Panchen Lama's letter; title: Private commissions to Mr Bogle; title: Lazy, lolling palankins; title: Perpetual ascending and descending; title: The first European in these parts; title: Monkish to the greatest degree; title: Bloody work; title: Part II: Tibet 1774-1775; title: God's vicegerent; title: To Tashilhunpo; title: Thibet vocabulary; title: The business of a traveller; title: Living like a Thibetian; title: A last farewell; title: Part III: Bengal, Tibet & China 1775-1793; title: Melancholy hall; title: Tibet garden; title: To adventure for possibilities; title: The emperor's invitation; title: The meeting between the two; title: The pure light of the void; title: The tank; title: The golden urn.