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041			_aEnglish
082			_a910.92 _bKEA
100			_aKeay, John
245			_aExplorers of the Western Himalayas 1820-1895 _cJohn Keay
260			_aLondon _bJohn Murray _c1996
300			_a571 pages _bpbk
500			_aThe little-known...hair-raising story of 19th-century European exploration in the Western Himalayas--a protracted adventure as exciting and significant as the search for the sources of the Nile.'' The Times (London) The forbidding mountain complex of the Western Himalayas was second only to deepest Africa as an arena of 19th-century exploration. Seduced by the secrets of its lost valleys and the challenge of its ethereal peaks, a procession of romantics, spies, scientists, and eccentrics trailed up into the unknown. Originally published as two books (When Men and Mountains Meet and The Gilgit Game), this volume at last combines these two halves; in so doing, it restores the original idea of presenting what was the first--and is still the only--comprehensive narrative of European exploration of the noblest geographical region on earth. 584 pp 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 50 photos, maps
650			_aGeneral Asia Travel Books
999			_c33727 _d33727