The Pundits : British exploration of Tibet and Central Asia /
On a September day in 1863, Abdul Hamid entered the Central Asian city of Yarkand. Disguised as a merchant, Hamid was actually an employee of the Survey of India, carrying concealed instruments to enable him to map the geography of the area. Hamid did not live to provide a first-hand count of his tr...
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1990. |
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