Himalaya: A Human History
Title Page
Ed Douglas
H I M A L AYA
A Human History
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Contents
List of Illustrations
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
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