1910: RARE: INDIA & TIBET: SIR FRANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND.TIBET MISSION., 1903-4. VG+.

Description: ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS ON TIBET. COLONEL FRANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND LED A 'MISSION' (READ INVASION) OF TIBET IN 1903-04, PREDICATED ON THE VICEROY'S FEARS OF RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN THE CLOSED STATE OF TIBET. LORD CURZON HAND-PICKED THE DISTINGUISHED EXPLORER AND AUTHOR TO LEAD THE MISSION. BEFORE HIS ACCOUNT OF THE MISSION, WHICH REACHED THE SACRED CITY OF LHASA IN 1904, YOUNGHUSBAND SET OUT A HISTORY OF RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIA & TIBET. HE WAS THE FIRST WESTERNER TO ENTER LHASA SINCE THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. THE FEARS OF RUSSIAN INFLUENCE PROVED TO BE BOGUS, AND THE TREATY YOUNGHUSBAND NEGOTIATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF TIBET, INVOLVING PARTIAL OCCUPATION FOR 75 YEARS, WAS LATER REPUDIATED BY THE LONDON GOVERNMENT. YOUNGHUSBAND WAS GIVEN THE PLUM JOB OF RESIDENT OF KASHMIR. HE SUBSEQUENTLY LED EFFORTS TO CLIMB EVEREST, AND PUBLISHED SEVERAL MORE BOOKS, MANY OF WHICH WERE RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL. HE WAS AN ADVOCATE OF RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE & UNITY. HE ALSO CULTIVATED A MAGNIFICENT MOUSTACHE (SEE BELOW.) Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, KCSI KCIE was a British Army officer, explorer and spiritual writer. He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia; especially the 1904 British expedition to Tibet, led by himself, and for his writings on Asia and foreign policy. NOVEMBER 1910. 2ND ISSUE OF FIRST EDITION, MONTH OF PUBLICATION. 455 PAGES. TOP EDGE GILT. 25 PLATES + FRONTISPIECE. 2 FOLD-OUT MAPS IN COLOUR. APPENDIX. INDEX. 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK. BOOKS SENT IN SECURE, RECYCLED PACKAGING. PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER LISTINGS. REDUCING AN OVERSTOCKED LIBRARY.

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Location: London, London

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