Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet: And of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa

by George Bogle and Thomas Manning

Book Overview

First published in 1876, this volume contains first-hand accounts of the first voyages to Tibet by British diplomat George Bogle (1747-1781) and scholar Thomas Manning (1772-1840) in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In 1774 Bogle was appointed the leader of the first British diplomatic mission to the previously unknown country of Tibet in an attempt to establish friendly relations and open trade links between the two countries. Bogle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108022553
• ISBN13: 9781108022552
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 566 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"