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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      May 2013
      June 2012
      ISBN:
      9781139199124
      9781108046640
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139199124
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      Dimensions:
      (297 x 210 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.36kg, 574 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, South Asian History, Geography, Historical Geography, Regional and World History: General Interest, Asian Studies, History
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, South Asian History, Geography, Historical Geography, Regional and World History: General Interest, Asian Studies, History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
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    Scottish explorer and author James Baillie Fraser (1783–1856) published this account of his Himalayan journey through Nepal and India in 1820. (His 1826 book describing his travels in the lesser-known provinces of Persia is also reissued in this series.) Part I begins with a historical sketch of Nepal, the reasons for the outbreak of war between Nepal and British India in 1814 and the course and consequences of the war. The remainder of the book describes Fraser's travels through previously inaccessible mountainous areas to Jamunotri and Gangotri, the sources of the rivers Jumna and Ganges. Fraser admits in his preface that he is not an expert in any of the fields which would give his account scientific value, but he offers detailed descriptions of villages, temples and 'grand scenery', and of a people 'as they appeared before an intercourse with Europeans had in any degree changed them'.

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