An Atlas of the Himalayas by a 19th Century Tibetan Lama: A Journey of Discovery

by Diana Lange

Diana Lange's patient investigations have, in this wonderful piece of detective work, solved the mysteries of six extraordinary panoramic maps of routes across Tibet and the Himalayas, clearly hand-drawn in the late 1850s by a local artist, known as the British Library's Wise Collection. Diana Lange now reveals not only the previously unknown identity of the Scottish colonial official who commissioned the maps from a Tibetan Buddhist lama, but also...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004414932
• ISBN13: 9789004414938
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 6.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 11.9" x 11.8"