Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet Bogle Manning Markham

Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibetand of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa\nAuthor(s): Clements R. Markham, George Bogle, Thomas Manning\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108022552, 978-1108022552\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1876, this volume contains first-hand accounts of the first voyages to Tibet by British diplomat George Bogle [tel] and scholar Thomas Manning [tel] in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In 1774 Bogle was appointed the leader of the first British diplomatic mission to the previously unknown country of Tibet in an attempt to establish friendly relations and open trade links between the two countries. Bogle spent six months wintering in various places in Tibet, exploring Tibetan culture and politics. Thomas Manning became the first English national to enter the city of Lhasa and to speak with the Dalai Lama in 1811. Edited by prolific writer.