Himalaya: A Human History
Pages d’ouverture
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Chapitres
- About the Author
- Dedication
- List of Illustrations
- Epigraph
- List of Maps
- 1 Pilgrims
- 2 Origins
- 3 The First Explorers
- 4 Lost Kingdoms
- 5 The Architects of Xanadu
- 6 The Rise of Gorkha
- 7 The High Road to Tibet
- 8 Trade Wars
- 9 The Hard Road to Sagauli
- 10 Mapping the Himalaya
- 11 The Tyrant and the Scholar
- 12 Crossing Borders
- 13 ‘Forbidden’ City
- 14 The Plant Hunters
- 15 The First Mountaineers
- 16 Everest Diplomacy
- 17 Utopias
- 18 Summit Fever
- 19 Songs from a Dark Cell
- 20 Claiming Chomolungma
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Sources
- Bibliography
- Index
- Picture Section