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Bloomsbury.
2007.
Maps, black and white line illustrations as well as colour plates, xvi + 316pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. In 1774, British traders longed to open relations with China so they sent a young Scotsman, George Bogle, as an envoy to Tibet. Bogle became smitten by what he saw there, and struck up a remarkable friendship with the Panchen Lama. This gripping book tells the story of their two extraordinary journeys across some of the harshest and highest terrain in the world: Bogle's mission, and the Panchen Lama's state visit to China, on which British hopes were hung. Piecing together extracts from Bogle's private papers, Tibetan biographies of the Panchen Lama, the account of a wandering Hindu monk and the writings of the Emperor himself, Kate Teltsher deftly reconstructs the momentous meeting of these very different worlds. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127772)
ISBN: 9780747585473
Related Subject Areas:
Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900
c 1700 to c 1800
China
Exploration
Himalayas
Tibet
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