An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet: Containing a Narrative of a Journey Through Bootan, and Part of Tibet

by Samuel Turner

In 1783, at the opportunity presented by a new Panchen (or Teshoo) Lama, Bengal governor-general Warren Hastings sent a deputation to Tibet and Bhutan in the hope of promoting British-Indian trade across the Himalayas. Samuel Turner (1759-1802), an army officer in the East India Company, was appointed leader of the mission. His journal, offering first-hand descriptions of these countries, was originally published in 1800 and remained the only such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108061354
• ISBN13: 9781108061353
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 2.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 11.7"