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Also including Bhutan.

Also see

Tibet Expedition

External links

• Their Footprints Remain: Biomedical Beginnings across the Indo-Tibetan Frontier (pdf file) by Alex McKay International Institute for Asian Studies 2007 Contents page 6(of the pdf) Notes page 250 Bibliography page 286 Index page 304, part of Digital Academic Repository van de Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • page 43, has a section in the introduction called The Indian Medical Service and the Subordinate Medical Service.
  • Chapter 1 ( page 56) is called Missionary Medicine and the Rise of Kalimpong
• "Henry George "Hank" Baker: An Obituary: 23rd June 1918 – 15th January 2006" by Roger Croston The Tibet Journal Vol. 30/31, No. 4/1, Contributions to the study of Tibetan medicine (Winter 2005 & Spring 2006), pp. 193-196. jstor.org. Register and read online for free, see Miscellaneous tips. Henry Baker was a soldier in the Royal Corps of Signals who came to India in December 1938. In 1941 he was posted to run the radio station at the British Mission in Lhasa and was required to trek across the Himalayas to get to Lhasa. After seven months in Lhasa he was transferred to Sikkim where he remained until November 1945. He was was one of the last European eyewitnesses of the old Tibet.
• Abstract of an article "‘It seems he is an Enthusiast about Tibet’: Lieutenant-Colonel James Guthrie, OBE (1906–71)" by Alex McKay, Journal of Medical Biography Volume: 13 issue: 3, page(s): 128-135 Issue published: August 1, 2005. Of the more than 20 officers of the Indian Medical Service who served in Tibet during 1904–50, when British Indian diplomats were stationed in that Himalayan state, James Guthrie was perhaps the most successful both in gaining the goodwill of the Tibetans and in advancing the reputation of medicine there. A Scotsman, Guthrie served in various military hospitals in India before his posting to Gyantse in southern Tibet in 1934–36. In 1945 he was posted to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa as Medical Officer to the British mission there. With his wife, who had nursing experience, he remained there until 1949.

Historical books online

• Early Jesuit Travellers in Central Asia (1603-1721) by C Wessels 1924. Archive.org, collection of the Archaeological Survey of India at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.

An account of Tibet : the travels of Ippolito Desideri of Pistoia, S. J., 1712-1727 edited by Filippo de Filippi, with an Introduction by C Wessels SJ 1932. Part of the series The Broadway Travellers. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Other versions, Archive.org but poor illustrations and may be missing some pages.

• Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa by Clements R Markham Geographical Department, India Office. 1876 Archive.org. At least one missing page was noted. 2nd version [microfilmed] Archive.org. The narrative of George Bogle is dated 1774, and Thomas Manning’s journey was in 1811-12.

The High Road to China : George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the first British expedition to Tibet by Kate Teltscher 2007, first published 2006. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Also available to download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download button does not display, locate under Books/Tibet/2006.

• "Remarks on the Religions and Social Institutions of the Bouteas, or Inhabitants of Bhoutan, from the Unpublished Journal of the Late Samuel Davis, Esq. F.R.S. &c", Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume II (1830), p. 491-517. Google Books
  • Article: “Description of Bootan by Samuel Davis, Esq. 1783” Samuel Davis born 1760, became a Cadet in 1780, and was “Draftsman and Surveyor” on Samuel Turner’s mission to Bhutan and Tibet in 1783, although Davis was not able to enter Tibet. royalasiaticsociety.org
• A grammar of the Tibetan language in English : prepared, under the patronage of the Government and the auspices of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Alexander Csoma De Koros 1831 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Also available in the digital collection of the University of Macau Books on China Online, 16th – Early 20th Century.
• Account of Koonawur, in the Himalaya‬ [1817-1818] by Captain Alexander Gerard 1841 Archive.org.
  • Map of Koonawur, front of book. Koonawur was situated between the north of India and Chinese Tartary.

Narrative of a journey from Caunpoor to the Boorendo pass, in the Himalaya Mountains viâ Gwalior, Agra, Delhi, and Sirhind; by Major Sir William Lloyd. And Captain Alexander Gerard's account of an attempt to penetrate by Bekhur to Garoo, and the Lake Manasarowara: with a letter from the late J.G. Gerard, esq. detailing a visit to the Shatool and Boorendo passes, for the purpose of determining the line of perpetual snow on the southern face of the Himalaya. Ed. by George Lloyd, published 1840. Volume I [1821-1822] Google Books. Volume II Captain Alexander Gerard’s Narrative 1821 Archive.org. Article about the book, page 421 The Monthly Review, From January To April Inclusive. 1840 Google Books.

• Letters from India : describing a journey in the British dominions of India, Tibet, Lahore, and Cashmere, during the years 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, undertaken by order of the French government by Victor Jacquemont, Museum of Natural History, Paris. Volume I, Volume II Archive.org
• "Tibet" page 254 Introduction to the Geography and History of India, and of the Countries Adjacent by Alfred Radford Symonds . Printed for ‪Bishop Corrie's Grammar School, American Miission Press, Madras 1845‬ Google Books.
• Western Himalaya and Tibet : a narrative of a journey through the mountains of northern India, during the years 1847-8 by Thomas Thomson, Assistant Surgeon Bengal Army 1852 Archive.org
• The Adventures of a Lady in Tartary, Thibet, China, and Kashmir. ... With an account of the Journey from the Punjab to Bombay overland. ... Also an account of the Mahableshwur and Neilgherry Mountains, etc. by Mrs Hervey 1853. The Himalayan part of the journey took place March, 1850 to October, 1851. In three volumes:

Volume I, Volume II, Volume III Google Books

Volume I, Volume II, Volume III British Library Digital Collection. Images can be rotated.

Some sources give her names as Eleanor Louisa, Mrs Thomas Kibble. However, another source gives her as Julia Harvey, born 1825, the daughter of William Morton an engineer and his wife Juliana. There was a marriage in Cawnpore 10 September 1845 of Julian Susan Morton , age 20, to Edward Harvey, Captain 10th Light Cavalry. He appears to be still alive in the late 1850s, so if this identification was correct, she did not undertake the journey due to widowhood. Article about the book by Christina Stoltz exploringtibet.wikischolars.columbia.edu

• Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by Captain Knight , Forty-Eighth Regiment 1863 Archive.org
• Sikkim. With hints on mountain and jungle warfare. Exhibiting also the facilities for opening commercial relations through the state of Sikhim with Central Asia, Thibet, and western China by Colonel J. C. Gawler 1873 HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available as a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
• The Mishmee Hills : an account of a journey made in an attempt to penetrate Thibet from Assam to open new routes for commerce by T.T. Cooper 1873 Archive.org. British Library Digital Collection with possibly better images (rotatable)
• Report on a visit to Sikhim and the Thibetan frontier in October, November, and December 1873 by J. Ware Edgar, Offg. Deputy Commissioner of Darjeeling. 1874 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
• The Roof of the World : being a narrative of a journey over the high plateau of Tibet to the Russian Frontier and the Oxus Sources on Pamir by Lieutenant-Colonel T E Gordon, Honorary Aide-De-Camp to the Viceroy of India, lately attached to the Special Mission to Kashghar 1876 Archive.org
• The Indian Alps and how we crossed them: being a narrative of two years' residence in the eastern Himalaya and two months' tour into the interior by a Lady Pioneer [catalogued Mrs Nina Elizabeth Mazuchelli]. With Illustrations by herself. 1876 Archive.org. Elizabeth Sarah Mazuchelli (1832-1914) Wikipedia. She was married to Francis Mazuchelli, Army Chaplain, who was appointed to Darjeeling in 1869. A detailed account of the above trip is given in

On Top of the World–Five Women Explorers in Tibet by Luree Miller 1976. Link to a pdf download Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download button does not display, locate under Books/Tibet And China/1976.

• Routes in Asia. Office of Quarter Master General in India. Section 6. pt. 1. Routes in Nepaul. pt. 2. Routes in Bhutan. pt. 3. Routes in Sikhim. Pt 4. Routes in Thibet. pt. 5. Routes in Burmah. pt. 6. Routes between Assam and Burmah compiled ... by H.S. Brownrigg, Rifle Brigade. 1878 Google Books
• The River of Golden Sand: being the Narrative of a Journey through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah by Captain William Gill R. E. Volume I 1880, Volume II 1880 Condensed [memorial] edition 1883 Archive.org
• Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet by Sarat Chandra Das of the Bengal Educational Service. 1902. Archive.org. A journey in 1881-1882. Sarat Chandra Das exploringtibet.wikischolars.columbia.edu

Indian Pandits in the Land of Snow by Sarat Chandra Das 1893 Archive.org

The Pundits : British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia by Derek Waller catalogued 1988, other indications are 1990. Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download button does not display, locate under Books/Tibet.

• Report of a mission to Sikkim and the Tibetan frontier : with a memorandum on our relations with Tibet by Colman Macaulay of the Bengal Civil Service, 1885. Archive.org. This mission took place from October 1884 and later reprints include 1884 in the title.
• Hindu-Koh: wanderings and wild sport on and beyond the Himalayas by Major General Donald Macintyre, VC, late Prince of Wales Own Goorkhas 1889 edition, 1891 edition Archive.org. Includes Tibet.
• The Land of the Lamas; Notes of a journey through China, Mongolia and Tibet by William Woodville Rockhill 1891 Archive.org
• Where three empires meet : a narrative of recent travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the adjoining countries by E F Knight. New Edition 1894 (first published March 1893) Archive.org.
  • With a Map

The Hunza Nagar Expedition page 112 Reminiscences; the Wanderings of a Yachtsman and War Correspondent by E. F. Knight 1923. HathiTrust Digital Library. This book is also available Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent.

• Diary of a Journey across Tibet by Captain Hamilton Bower 17th Bengal Cavalry 1894 Archive.org. With a Map of Tibet. The author was accompanied by Dr W G Thorold, Indian Medical Service.
• The Buddhism of Tibet : or, Lamaism, with its mystic cults, symbolism and mythology, and in its relation to Indian Buddhism by L Austine Waddell, Surgeon-Major HM Bengal Army 1895 Archive.org

Among the Himalayas by Major L A Waddell, Indian Army Medical Corps. 1899 edition 2nd edition 1900 Archive.org

• Through Unknown Tibet by M S Wellby Capt. 18th Hussars 1898 Archive.org

Journey to Tibet and China, "The Travels of Risaldar Shahzad Mir Khan" with Capt. M S Wellby 18th Hussars 1895-1896, page 543 Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 62, 1932 Archive.org

• In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan being the record of three years' exploration by Captain H. H. P. Deasy 1901. Archive.org
• Central Asia and Tibet. Towards the holy city of Lassa by Sven Hedin 1903 Volume I, Volume II Archive.org.
• The Exploration of Tibet, its History and Particulars from 1623 to 1904 by Graham Sandberg 1904. Archive.org
• With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple : Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders and of a Journey Into the Far Interior by Susie Carson Rijnhart M D, 1999 reprint edition, first published 1904, or prior. The author was in Tibet 1895-1899 as a missionary with her husband, although they were not part of a missionary society. Archive.org.
• Tibet and Turkestan: A Journey through Old Lands and a Study of New Conditions by Oscar Terry Crosby 1905. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Collection. The journey was made in 1903.
• The Opening of Tibet; an account of Lhasa and the country and people of central Tibet and of the progress of the mission sent there by the English government in the year 1903-4 by Perceval Landon, Special Correspondent of the Times. 1905 Archive.org
• Britain and Chinese Central Asia: The Road to Lhasa 1767 to 1905 by Alastair Lamb 1960. Archive.org
• Tibet The Mysterious by Col. Sir Thomas H Holdich 1906 Archive.org
• Adventure, sport and travel on the Tibetan steppes by N W Fergusson 1911 Archive.org
• In Farthest Burma: The record of an arduous journey of exploration and research through the unknown frontier territory of Burma and Tibet by Captain F Kingdon Ward, late Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 1/116th Mahrattas. 1921 Archive.org. With a Map. The journey took place in 1914.
• Tibet HMSO 1920. Number 70 in a series of more than 160 studies prepared by the British Foreign Office as background information for British delegates at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. World Digital Library, Library of Congress.
• Shelton of Tibet by Flora Beal Shelton 1923 Archive.org. Dr Albert Leroy Shelton, 1875-1922, was a medical missionary, for the Foreign Christian Missionary Society of Cincinnati, USA, until killed by bandits.

Sue in Tibet by Dorris Shelton Still 1942 Archive.org

"The amazing adventures of Sue in Tibet and her creator" by Tricia Kehoe 16 March 2016. BBC News. Dorris Shelton Still was the daughter of Dr Albert Shelton and his wife Flora, and spent her childhood in Tibet.

• Tibet Past And Present by Sir Charles Bell 1968 reprint edition, first published 1924. Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
• The Road to Lamaland: Impressions of a Journey to Western Thibet by "Ganpat" M L A Gompertz (Martin Louis Alan Gompertz (1886-1951)) [1926] Archive.org
• The Jewel In The Lotus by Sir Basil John Gould 1957. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection (catalogued 1921). Full title: The Jewel in the Lotus: Recollections of an Indian Political. Gould's Wikipedia page advises he joined the Indian Civil Service in 1907, and served as a Political Officer in Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet from 1935 to 1945.
• Tibet: A Chronicle of Exploration by John MacGregor 1970. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
• Enchanted Frontiers: Sikkim, Bhutan, and India's Northeastern Borderlands by Nari Rustomji 1971. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. An Indian born c 1918, he was educated in England, and returned, appointed to the ICS, in 1942.
• Tibet, China and India 1914-1950: a history of imperial diplomacy by Alastair Lamb 1989. Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1989.
• Trespassers on the Roof of the World : the Secret Exploration of Tibet by Peter Hopkirk 1995. Archive.org Lending Library. Peter Hopkirk was with The Times of London for nineteen years, as chief reporter and Middle and Far East specialist.
• The Search for Shangri-La : a journey into Tibetan history by Charles Allen 2000, first published 1999. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
• Journeys to Empire: Enlightenment Imperialism and the British Encounter with Tibet 1774-1904 by Gordon T Stewart 2009. Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Tibet/2009.