A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the Adjoining Countries
By E.F. Knight
Where Three Empires Meet
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Published by Longmans Green & Co, 1905, New Impression (originally published in 1893), spine light fading, V.G. Account of a year-long journey commencing in spring 1891, undertaken by British military officer E.F. Knight. The rugged mountainous territory he traversed, spanning the Hindu Kush and Karakoram ranges, was both physically daunting and dangerous, inhabited as it was by tribal groups hostile to any outside presence. A valuable account of the people and territory of Central Asia, as Britain, Russia and China struggled for power and influence in this region. “Reference Nanga Parbat. The author saw active service in the gorges of the Karakoram during the Hunza-Nagar Expedition.” (Neate)
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