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===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/narrativesmissi00manngoog ''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. [https://archive.org/details/pts_narrativesofmiss_3721-1221 2nd version [microfilmed<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Archive.org. The narrative of George Bogle is dated 1774, and Thomas Manning’s journey was in 1811-12.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.128781 ''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 [http://libdigital.umac.mo/was5/digital/500selected.jsp?iPage=1 University of Macau] Books on China Online, 16th – Early 20th Century.
*[https://archive.org/details/accountofkoonawu00gera ''Account of Koonawur, in the Himalaya''] [1817-1818] by Captain Alexander Gerard 1841 Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/stream/accountofkoonawu00gera#page/n4/mode/1up Map of Koonawur], front of book. Koonawur was situated between the north of India and Chinese Tartary.
*[https://archive.org/details/MN41790ucmf_6 ''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.
**[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35118740 "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.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210179 ''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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Gould 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.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/118128 ''Tibet A Chronicle Of Exploration''] by John Macgregor 1970. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.118128 Archive.org version]
