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===Historical books online===
*[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"Remarks on the Religions and Social Institutions of the Bouteas, or Inhabitants of Bhoutan, from the Unpublished Journal of the Late Samuel Davis, Esq.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/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
*''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/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 Exploration''] by John MacGregor 1970. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
