1927, Sport and Travel in the Highlands of Tibet - With an Introduction by Sir Francis Younghusband, by Sir Henry Hayden and Cesar Cosson.

Book Description: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, London, 1927, Thavies Inn. Original hardback cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, no dust jacket. First Edition thus. 262 pages + frontispiece + 86 plates on 44 leaves + real nice condition large four color folding map in pocket at rear. (most with images recto and verso) 6" x 9" tall, 1.5" thick.

Book Condition: Very good for an Ex-library book over 84 years old. Faded black cloth boards (see scans) with gilt lettering on spine. Ex-National Geographic Society Library, and, as such, has received very gentle handling, library stamps, markings, card pocket. Some bruising to corners of boards. Some rubbing and fading to cloth covers. Binding looks to be repaired at one time. Gilt lettering on spine slightly rubbed and faded. Edges of spine and boards rubbed. Gutters intact.

Contents: The narrative is of a journey made in 1922 through parts of Tibet based on the diaries of the authors with an introduction by Sir Francis Younghusband. Nine chapters, Preliminary Arrangements; Darjeeling to Gyantse; Gyantse to Lhasa; Lhasa in early spring; Region of the Great Lakes Lhasa to Shen-Tsa; Region of the Great Lakes Naktsang; Region of the Great Lakes Namru; Thakpo; & Return to India. Introduction by Sir Francis Younghusband; Preface; Preliminary Arrangements for the Journey; Darjeeling to Gyantse; Gyantse to Lhasa; Lhasa in the Early Spring; The Region of the Great Lakes: Lhasa to Shen-Tsa; The Region of the Great Lakes: Naktsang; The Region of the Great Lakes: Namru; Thakpo; Return to India; Epilogue; Index. Illustrations: Sir Henry Hayden; Cesar Cosson; Members of the Expedition; Homburg Hats in Tibet; A Suspension Bridge in Sikkim; Changu Lake and Rest-House; The Chumbi Valley; Champutang; Gautsa; Gyantse Peasants; Frozen Falls at Dothak; Bam Tso and Chumolhari; Nangkartse Dzong; Yamdrok Tso; Lhasa from the Potala; Kyi Chu Valley at Lhasa in July; Ferry-Boats at Chaksam on the Tsangpo; The Junction of the Tsangpo and the Kyi Chu Rivers at Chushul; Old Beggar-Women at Lhasa; Yaks Ploughing; The Gate of Lhasa; A Square in Lhasa; Four Sha-pes; Dikyilinga; The Potala; The Audience on the Slopes of the Potala; The Pageant; The Pageant; The Pageant; The Pageant; The Pageant; Kusho Mondrong, The Tsarong Sha-pe, Cesar Cosson; The Dalai Lama's New Country House; Carved and Painted Facade; Hyang-Pa-Chen; Nyen-Chen-Thang-La Range from Hyang-Pa-Chen; The Goring Glacier; Approach to the Goring La from the North; Camp at Mara; Quiet Yaks; Crossing the Goring Glacier; A Temporary Nomad Encampment; Cosson's Bag to June 1922; Cosson with Burhel; Tibetan Gazelle (Goa) ; Tibetan Antelope; Wild Sheep (Burhel) ; Antelope; Cosson and his Wolf; The Dzongpon of Shen-Tsa; Tangra Tso; Kya-Ring Tso and the Shen-Tsa Snowy Peaks; Camp on the Paro Tsangpo; Breaking Camp on Nya-Pa; Ngang-Tsi Tso; Lake-Terraces of Tangra Tso; On the Shores of Kya-Ring Tso; Three to a Shovel; A Tibetan Dance; Crossing a Cliff; Natives of Namru; Kusho Nishimba and his Servants; A Summer Holiday; Floods at Lhasa; A Skin Boat: Embarking; Ponies Crossing the Kyi Chu; A Skin-Boat and the Boatman's Sheep; Women Storing the Harvest; An Audience of Lamas; The Audience at a Tibetan Play; Lhagyiri Dzong and Monastery; On the Road from Lhagyiri to the Photrang La; The Road below the Te-Khar La; Camp at Dingna; Kusho Mondrong's House at Won; The Tsangpo above Tse-Thang; In the Mountains above Lhapso; The Lhapso Valley; Snowy Range Beyond the Tsangpo; The Tsangpo below Lhapso; A Ruined Fortress near Chumdo-Khyang; Changing Transport in the Ya-Lung Valley; Samye; The North Gate of Samye; The Chief Temple at Samye; The Temple of the Reincarnation; Sir Henry Hayden's Grave. References: Marshall 2458 - "includes detailed comments on life in Lhasa in the early 1920's"; Pinfold 92; Yakushi H81. Hayden and Cosson's journey is notable for its visit to the less frequented northern plateau area of Tibet. They also made a second journey southeast of Lhasa to the Tsangpo River and its tributaries.

About Sir Francis Younghusband: Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, KCSI, KCIE (31 May 1863 – 31 July 1942, Dorset) was a British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer. He is remembered chiefly for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia; especially the 1904 British expedition to Tibet, which he led, during which a massacre of Tibetans occurred, and for his writings on Asia and foreign policy. Younghusband held positions including British commissioner to Tibet and President of the Royal Geographical Society.

Sir Francis Edward Younghusband

Francis Younghusband was born in 1863 at Murree, British India (now Pakistan) to a British military family, being the second son of Major-General John W. Younghusband and his wife Clara Jane Shaw. Clara's brother, Robert Shaw, was a noted explorer of Central Asia.

As an infant, Francis was taken to live in England by his mother. When Clara returned to India in 1867 she left her son in the care of two austere and strictly religious aunts. In 1870 his mother and father returned to England and reunited the family. In 1876 at age thirteen, Francis entered Clifton College, Bristol. In 1881 he entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and in 1882 he was commissioned as a subaltern in the 1st King's Dragoon Guards.

Invasion of Tibet and Massacre at Guru

In 1903-1904, under orders from Curzon, Younghusband, jointly with John Claude White, the Political Officer for Sikkim, led a British expedition to Tibet, whose putative aim was to settle disputes over the Sikkim-Tibet border; the expedition controversially became (by exceeding instructions from London) a de facto invasion of Tibet.

About one hundred miles inside Tibet, on the way to Gyangzê, thence to the capital of Lhasa, a confrontation outside the hamlet of Guru led to the massacre, by the expedition, of 600-700 Tibetan militia, largely monks. Some estimates of Tibetan casualties are far higher; including other conflicts, more than five thousand Tibetans may have been killed, against British casualties of five. The British force was supported by King Ugyen Wangchuck of Bhutan, who was knighted in return for his services.

In 1891, Younghusband received the Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire which was upgraded to Knight Commander in 1904; and in 1917, he was awarded the honour of Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India. He was also awarded the Kaisar-I-Hind Medal (gold) in 1901.

In 1906, Younghusband settled in Kashmir as the British representative before returning to Britain where he became an active member of many clubs and societies. During World War I his patriotic Fight for Right campaign commissioned the song Jerusalem. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1908.

In July 1942 Younghusband suffered a stroke after addressing a meeting of the World Congress of Faiths in Birmingham. He died of cardiac failure on 31 July 1942 at Madeline Lees' home at Lytchett Minster, Dorset. He was buried in the village churchyard.

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