The High Road to China George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the First British Expedition to Tibet by KATE TELTSCHER (Author)

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The High Road to China George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the First British Expedition to Tibet by KATE TELTSCHER (Author)ISBN: 9780747584841 Publisher : BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC, January 1, 2006 Hardcover, 336 pages In 1774, British traders longed to open relations with China so they sent a young Scotsman, George Bogle, as an envoy to Tibet. Bogle became smitten by what he saw there, and struck up a remarkable friendship with the Panchen Lama. This gripping book tells the story of their two extraordinary journeys across some of the harshest and highest terrain in the

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