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*[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
