Western Himalaya and Tibet

Western Himalaya and Tibet
Author: Thomas Thomson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 554
Release: 1852
Genre: Himalaya Mountains
ISBN:

Account of journey by T. Thomson, Major Cunningham & H. Strachey through Himalayas, Tibet, Jammu & Kashmir 1847-1848, with scientific observations on plants, cultivation, geology, glaciers.

Western Himalaya and Tibet A Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains of Northern India During the Years 1847-8 - The Original Classic Edition

Western Himalaya and Tibet A Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains of Northern India During the Years 1847-8 - The Original Classic Edition
Author: Thomas Thomson
Publisher: Emereo Publishing
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2013-03-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781486483839

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Western Himalaya and Tibet A Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains of Northern India During the Years 1847-8. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Thomas Thomson, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have Western Himalaya and Tibet A Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains of Northern India During the Years 1847-8 in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, ereader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Western Himalaya and Tibet A Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains of Northern India During the Years 1847-8: Look inside the book: Appointment to a Mission about to proceed to Tibet—Leave Firozpur for Simla—Approach to the Mountains—Appearance of Himalaya from Plains of India—Kalka—Ascent to Kussowlee—Vegetation of Plainward Face—Origin of Kussowlee Ridge—Climate and Vegetation of Kussowlee—Aspect of inner ranges—Road from Kussowlee to Simla—Sabathu—Cross Gambar River—Haripur—Tropical Vegetation of Basin of Gambar—Steep Ascent to Simla—its extent and situation—its Vegetation—Oak-forest—Pines—Flora of Spring Months—of Rainy Season—View from Peak of Jako—Structure of Mountain Ranges 1 ...Appointment to a Mission about to proceed to Tibet—Leave Firozpur for Simla—Approach to the Mountains—Appearance of Himalaya from Plains of India—Kalka—Ascent to Kussowlee—Vegetation of Plainward Face—Origin of Kussowlee Ridge—Climate and Vegetation of Kussowlee—Aspect of inner ranges—Road from Kussowlee to Simla—Sabathu—Cross Gambar River—Haripur—Tropical Vegetation of Basin of Gambar—Steep Ascent to Simla—its extent and situation—its Vegetation—Oak-forest—Pines—Flora of Spring Months—of Rainy Season—View from Peak of Jako—Structure of Mountain Ranges.

Western Himalaya and Tibet

Western Himalaya and Tibet
Author: Thomas Thomson
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2017-12-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780332411842

Excerpt from Western Himalaya and Tibet: A Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains of Northern India, During the Years 1847-8 For the plates which accompany the work I have to thank Mr. Winterbottom, who very kindly permitted me to select from a series of sketches those which I thought most suitable. This was not an easy task; but in the two views of the neighbourhood of Iskardo I found so faithful a representation of the extremely rugged scenery of the Tibetan mountains, contrasted with the level plain of Iskardo, and the lacustrine strata of the neighbourhood, that no more desirable illustra tions for a journey in Tibet could be conceived. The little vignette, too, though it does not represent any part of the country through which I travelled, is precisely similar to many ravines in Rondu, and serves to show that the Gilgit valley is quite the same in general appearance with that district. I was more particularly desirous of introducing this sketch, from the very faithful representation it contains of the alluvial platforms which skirt the streams in every part of Tibet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Western Himalaya and Tibet; a Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains of Northern India, During the Years 1847-8

Western Himalaya and Tibet; a Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains of Northern India, During the Years 1847-8
Author: Thomas Thomson
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2013-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781230253596

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ...than when the sky was clear. The hazy weather was once or twice dissipated by violent winds, without any fall of snow on the open plain; but more generally it increased gradually, till the sky was completely and densely overcast, and snow began again to fall, perhaps most frequently during the night. During the greater part of the winter the snow was invariably in extremely minute grains. It was not till the latter part of February, when spring was rapidly approaching, that large flakes fell. I more than once observed the phenomenon of small quantities of extremely fine-grained snow falling when the sky was quite clear, and the air at the surface of the earth quite motionless. During clear weather very little thaw took place, the cold produced by radiation appearing to counteract the sun's action; at the same time the snow diminished rapidly by evaporation, which was not the case when the sky was overcast. The fall of snow was evidently much less considerable in the open plain than on the mountains round Iskardo. During the heavier falls, the snow on the steep mountain slopes often slipped downwards. It was but rarely that these avalanches were visible, but the noise of the snow in motion was heard like distant thunder, often many times a day, and the bare spots which it had left could be seen after the snow-storm had ceased. When the weather was settled, the wind was in general very gentle, and blew up the valley of the Indus; during snow-storms it was usually violent, and very irregular in direction. The storms came mostly from the south246 Winter At Iskardo. February, west, a moisture-bringing upper current of air from that direction being condensed by the dry and cold north wind. My collections had accumulated to such an extent, and...

Western Himalaya and Tibet

Western Himalaya and Tibet
Author: Thomas Thomson
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-05-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9781358271397

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Tibetan Border Worlds

Tibetan Border Worlds
Author: Wim Van Spengen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 113617351X

The focus of the study is the Tibetan and Tibetanized border populations in the little known Himalayan high-valley of Nyishang in West Central Nepal close to the Tibetan border. There, a group of traders have greatly extended their external relations over the past century in the form of long-distance trade ventures, thereby thoroughly changing the internal conditions of socio-economic organizations in their home district. The object of the study is to establish whether larger geohistorical processes of structural change may be conceptualized in such a way as to link structuration at the level of the localized social group to the dynamics of the wider regional setting.

S-Zypaeus. 1878

S-Zypaeus. 1878
Author: Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1038
Release: 1878
Genre: Jurisprudence
ISBN:

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851-1855

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851-1855
Author: Charles Darwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 762
Release: 1985
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521255912

"For the first time full authoritative texts of Darwin's are made available, edited according to modern textual editorial principles and practice. Letter-writing was of crucial importance to Darwin's work, not only because his poor health isolated him from direct personal communication with his scientific colleagues but also because the nature of his investigations required communication with naturalists in many fields and in all quarters of the globe. Thus the letters are a mine of information about the work in progress of a creative genius who produced an intellectual revolution." --