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Excerpt from Lhasa and Its Mysteries: With a Record of the Expedition of 1903-1904The following pages give an account, inadequate no doubt, yet I would fain hope, so far as it goes, intelligible and authentic, of Central Tibet, its capital, its Grand Lama hierarchy, and its dreamy hermit people, as they appear to one who has had exceptional advantages for making their acquaintance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousa...

A contemporary landmark in English-language writing on the subject of Tibetan Buddhism, this antiquarian text contains a wealth of information written in a remarkably clear manner and accompanied by a plethora of rich visual documentation in the form of photographs and line drawings. A book containing an extraordinary amount of factual documentation pertaining to Tibetan Buddhism, this text provides a fascinating insight into the roots and pra...

A well-illustrated 1899 account of jungles, glaciers, dizzying mountain ridges, rickety bamboo bridges, tribal peoples and unfamiliar food.

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Excerpt from Lhasa and Its Mysteries: With a Record of the Expedition of 1903-1904 The favourable reception accorded this work by the general reader and the Press is gratifyingly evinced by the fact that two editions have been practically exhausted within a few months of its first appearance, notwithstanding the high price which the unusual profusion of its illustrations had entailed. It is with pleasure, therefore, that I find the publishers...

Laurence Austine Waddell (1854-1938) served in the Indian Medical Service, which took him to Darjeeling, Burma and Tibet. Illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings, this 1905 publication presents his eyewitness account of the recent British expedition to Tibet. Later chapters vividly portray the city of Lhasa and its inhabitants.

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2010 Reprint of 1929 Edition. Mr. Waddell believes that the beginning of all civilizations date from the Sumerians who were blond because they wore dark jewelry and blued-eyed because lapis lazuli is found to represent the eye. From Mesopotamia, carried by these Nordic Sumerians, civilization spread to Egypt, Crete, Greece, Europe India and China. Profusely illustrated with photos maps and charts.