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*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.21297/page/n7/mode/2up ''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.
:[https://archive.org/details/accountoftibet0000unse/page/n9/mode/2up ''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. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22An+account+of+Tibet%22%29&sort=-publicdate Other versions, Archive.org] but poor illustrations and may be missing some pages.
*[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/highroadtochinag0000telt ''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 [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/2006-high-road-to-china-george-bogle-panchen-lama-and-first-british-expedition-to-china-by-teltscher-s-pdf/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. If download button does not display, locate under Books/Tibet/2006.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=btDwgScSlfAC&pg=PA491 "Remarks on the Religions and Social Institutions of the Bouteas, or Inhabitants of Bhoutan, from the Unpublished Journal of the Late Samuel Davis, Esq.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: [http://royalasiaticsociety.org/description-of-bootan-by-samuel-davis-esq-1783/ “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
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023498367 ''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. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000003594C British Library Digital Collection] with possibly better images (rotatable)
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044107242968?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''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.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023493517 ''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 *[https://archive.org/details/indianalpshowwec00mazu/page/n8/mode/2up ''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. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Sarah_Mazuchelli 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 :[https://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1976-on-top-of-the-world-five-women-explorers-in-tibet-by-miller-s-pdf/ ''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. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=TfD2sIfC5F8C&pg=PP7 ''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. [https://archive.org/details/riverofgoldensan01gill Volume I 1880], [https://archive.org/details/rivergoldensand02yulegoog Volume II 1880] [https://archive.org/details/cu31924023220217 Condensed [memorial<nowiki>]</nowiki> edition 1883] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/journeytolhasaa00dasgoog ''Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet''] by Sarat Chandra Das of the Bengal Educational Service. 1902. Archive.org. A journey in 1881-1882. [https://exploringtibet.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Sarat+Chandra+Das Sarat Chandra Das] exploringtibet.wikischolars.columbia.edu
:[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_HZxDAAAAYAAJ ''Indian Pandits in the Land of Snow''] by Sarat Chandra Das 1893 Archive.org
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1988-the-pundits-british-exploration-of-tibet-and-central-asia-by-waller-s-pdf/ ''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.
*[https://archive.org/details/reportofmissiont00macarich/page/n5/mode/2up ''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 [https://archive.org/details/hindukohwanderin00macirich 1889 edition], [https://archive.org/details/hindukohwanderin00maciuoft 1891 edition] Archive.org. Includes Tibet.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924098819877/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Land of the Lamas; Notes of a journey through China, Mongolia and Tibet''] by William Woodville Rockhill 1891 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/wherethreeempire00knig_0 ''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 [https://archive.org/stream/wherethreeempire00knig_0#page/n21/mode/1up Map]
:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b42502?urlappend=%3Bseq=122 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 [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1923-reminiscences-wanderings-of-a-yachtsman-and-war-correspondent-by-knight-s-pdf/ Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023218278 ''Diary of a Journey across Tibet''] by Captain Hamilton Bower 17th Bengal Cavalry 1894 Archive.org. With a [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023218278#page/n18/mode/1up Map of Tibet]. The author was accompanied by Dr W G Thorold, Indian Medical Service.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023203288 ''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
*[https://archive.org/details/throughunknownt00unkngoog ''Through Unknown Tibet''] by M S Wellby Capt. 18th Hussars 1898 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284708/2015.284708.Usi-Journal#page/n569/mode/2up 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
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.11958/page/n7/mode/2up ''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 [https://archive.org/details/b29352332_0001/page/n7 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/b29352332_0002/page/n7 Volume II] Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/explorationoftib01sand_0/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Exploration of Tibet, its History and Particulars from 1623 to 1904''] by Graham Sandberg 1904. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/withtibetansinte0000rijn/page/n7/mode/2up ''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.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.91291/page/n3/mode/2up ''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.
*[https://archive.org/details/openingoftibetac00land ''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
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.103237 ''Britain and Chinese Central Asia: The Road to Lhasa 1767 to 1905''] by Alastair Lamb 1960. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/tibetmysterious00unkngoog ''Tibet The Mysterious''] by Col. Sir Thomas H Holdich 1906 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023218419 ''Adventure, sport and travel on the Tibetan steppes''] by N W Fergusson 1911 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/infarthestburmar00ward ''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 [https://archive.org/stream/infarthestburmar00ward#page/n338/mode/1up Map]. The journey took place in 1914.
*[https://www.wdl.org/en/item/9201/ ''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.
*[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/dli.pahar.2258/mode/2up ''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.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.88030/page/n3/mode/2up ''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
*[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.
* [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.553402/page/n5/mode/2up ''Tibet : A Chronicle Of of Exploration'' ] by John Macgregor MacGregor 1970. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. *[https://archive.org/details/inenchantedfrontie0000rust/page/n7 ''Enchanted Frontiers: Sikkim, Bhutan, and India's Northeastern Borderlands''] by Nari Rustomji 1971.ernet.dli.2015.118128 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Books to Borrow/Lending Library of India. An Indian born c 1918, he was educated in England, and returned, appointed to the ICS, in 1942. *[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/19881989-tibet-thechina-and-punditsindia-british1914-exploration1950-ofa-tibethistory-andof-centralimperial-asiadiplomacy-by-wallerlamb-s-pdf/ ''The Pundits Tibet, China and India 1914-1950: British Exploration a history of Tibet and Central Asiaimperial diplomacy''] by Derek Waller catalogued 1988, other indications are 1990Alastair Lamb 1989. Pdf download, PAHAR Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download button does not display, locate under Books/TibetIndian Subcontinent/1989.
*[https://archive.org/details/trespassersonroo0000hopk ''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.
*[https://archive.org/details/searchforshangri0000alle/mode/2up ''The Search for Shangri-La : a journey into Tibetan history''] by Charles Allen 2000, first published 1999. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/2009-journeys-to-empire-enlightenment-imperialism-and-the-british-encouonter-with-tibet-1774-1904-by-stewart-s-pdf/ ''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.
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