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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   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Turner, Samuel, 1759-1802, author
Title
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
Publisher
London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. : Sold by Messrs. G. & W. Nicol
Description
xxviii, 473 pages, [14] leaves of plates (2 folded) : 30 cm
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 English-language work for more than half a century. Assisted by the botanist and surgeon Robert Saunders and the surveyor and illustrator Samuel Davis, Turner interweaves geographical and scientific observations with descriptions of social and religious customs; the vivid account of his reception by the infant Panchen Lama is of particular note. The introduction sketches the history of Bengal-Bhutan relations and George Bogle's prior mission, while later sections deal with Tibet and the influence of China. This was and remains an invaluable account of eighteenth-century diplomacy
Some of the plates signed: Lieut. S Davis del, James Basire sc. One aquatint by De la Motte after Stubbs
Includes bibliographical references
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Subjects: Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region; Buddhism -- Bhutan; Lamas -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Early works to 1800; British -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History -- 18th century -- Early works to 1800; Dge-lugs-pa (Sect); Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Description and travel; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Civilization; Bhutan -- Description and travel
Language eng
Publication date 1800
publication_date QS:P577,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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accountofembass00turn
Notes Some plate text cropped at gutter. Page 469/470: page creased, obscuring text. No copyright page.
Authority file  OCLC: 855341874
Source
https://archive.org/details/accountofembass00turn
https://archive.org/download/accountofembass00turn/accountofembass00turn.pdf

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