When Men and Mountains Meet
The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1820-75
by John Keay
ISBN: 0208019634
ISBN-13: 9780208019639
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Shoe String Pr Inc
Published date: 1982
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WHEN MEN AND MOUNTAINS MEET - The Explorers of he Western Himalayas, 1820-75
Keay, John
A detailed account of the explorations carrier out by British explorers, primarily military officers of the Indian Army, who advanced the frontiers and played an intelligence gathering function on the desolate mountains of the western Himalaya's on India's North West Frontier. ...................................Hamden 1982, Archon, first US edition, hard bound in dust jacket, VG/VG CONDITION, US reprint of 1977 UK ed, 6 x 9, 277, illus, maps. . ISBN: 0-208-01963-4. ( more information) Offered by ARTICLES OF WAR Ltd (United States)
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