Climbing on the Himalaya and Other Mountain RangesCollie, Norman
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Climbing on the Himalaya and Other Mountain Ranges
Collie, Norman
Himalaya Mountains; Mountaineering
Haramosh, near Gilgit Kashmir, 24,270
Boiohagurdaonas (3), 24,044
Unnamed, S. of Devadhunga, Nepaul, 24,020
Kabru, in Sikkim, 24,015
50 Chumaliri, in Bhutan, 24,000
Aling Gangri, in Tibet, 24,000
K^{9} in the Mustagh range, 24,000
LITERATURE DEALING WITH THE HIMALAYA
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part 2, and Annual Register, 1778.
Turner, Capt. S., Account of an Embassy to the Court of the
Teshoo Lama, in Tibet, 1 vol., 1806.
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Asiatic Researches, vol. x.
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Moorcroft, W., Journey to the Lake Mánasarówara. Asiatic
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Kirkpatrick, Col. W., An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul,
1 vol., 1811.
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Nepal, 1 vol., 1819.
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Himalya Mountains, 1 vol., 1820.
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also no less than 170 papers to various periodicals, chiefly
the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Cp. Report
on the Mineralogical Survey of the Himala Mountains.
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1841.
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1 vol., 1854.
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the adjoining parts of Tibet. R. G. S. Journal, xxi., p. 57.
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R. G. S. Journal, xxiii., p. 2, published separately, 1 vol.,
1854; also Journey to Lake Mánasarówar, 1 vol., 1848.
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and Cashmere, 1 vol., 1860.
Hooker, Sir J. D., Himalayan Journals, 2 vols., 1854.
Saunders, Trelawny W., Sketch of the Mountains and River
Basins of India, in two maps, with explanatory memoirs.
Geographical Department, India Office, 1870.
Gordon, Lieut.-Col. T. E., The Roof of the World, 1 vol., 1876.
Wilson, Andrew, The Abode of Snow, 1 vol., 1875.
Indian Alps and How we Crossed Them. By a Lady Pioneer,
1 vol., 1876.
Markham, Clements R., A Memoir on the Indian Surveys, 1
vol., 1871; 2nd ed., 1878.
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