Trade through the Himalayas : the early British attempts to open Tibet /

Trade through the Himalayas : the early British attempts to open Tibet /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cammann, Schuyler V. R. (Schuyler Van Rensselaer)
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1951.
Description:	x, 186 pages : illustrations, maps, plates ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Commerce. Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History. Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Commerce. China -- Tibet Autonomous Region. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1940102

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Varying Form of Title:	Early British attempts to open Tibet
Physical medium:	8vo.
Notes:	"The writer's Ph. D. thesis at Johns Hopkins University ... extensively revised." Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index.
Other form:	Online version: Cammann, Schuyler V.R. (Schuyler Van Rensselaer). Trade through the Himalayas. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1951

Table of Contents:

Historical background : Tibet until 1774
The first English mission to Tibet : 1774-1775
Bogle's report on Tibetan trade; sequels to his mission
Samuel Turner's mission to Tibet in 1783
The background of the Sino-Nepalese War
The Chinese campaign against the Gurkhas, and its aftermath
Appendices. The preliminaries to the Bhutan Expedition of 1773
The Panchen Lama's first letter to Warren Hastings
The principle articles of the Treaty of Peace with Bhutan in 1774
Summary of Turner's list of articles in the Tibetan trade in 1782.