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==Individuals==
===William Moorcroft===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Moorcroft_(explorer) William Moorcroft ] (Wikipedia) was the first English Veterinary Surgeon at Pusa. In describing the book ''Beyond Bokhara: The Life of William Moorcroft, Asian Explorer and Pioneer Veterinary Surgeon 1767-1825'' by Garry Alder (1985), Bill Buxton states on his exploration website:
<blockquote>"This is the only biography of William Moorcroft, one of the great early explorers of the region north west of India. He was a veterinarian who came to India in 1808 as Superintendent of East India Company's horses. He traveled widely, ostensibly in search of breeding stock, but this was clearly more of a pretext than fact. He undertook a journey into western Tibet in 1812, across the Garhwal Himalaya to Lake Manasarowar, Mount Kailas region, the Rakas Tal, and Gartok. Moorcroft and Hearsey were the first Englishmen in the area. <br>
Historical books available online include ''Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab, in Ladakh and Kashmir, in Peshawar, Kabul, Kunduz, and Bokhara from 1819 to 1825'' by William Moorcroft and George Trebeck [http://books.google.com/books?id=MncOAAAAQAAJ Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=AGk7bhhC_wwC Volume 2] (Google Books).
==References==
#Samuel, E., [http://books.google.com/books?id=sKxJAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA159#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Asiatic annual register''] Vol 12 (London: 1812) p.139
