The Italian Expedition to the Himalaya, Karakoram and Eastern Turkestan (1913-14)
Book Specification
| Item Code: | IDE112 |
| Author: | Filippo De Filippi |
| Publisher: | Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2005 |
| ISBN: | 8121511445 |
| Pages: | 544 (Color Illus: 1, B & W Illus: 338, Colored Maps: 4, Sketch Maps: 4) |
| Cover: | Hardcover |
| Other Details | 9.8" X 7.5" |
| Weight | 1.37 kg |
Book Description
From the Jacket:CONTENTS
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First edition in English, with revisions and an additional chapter in which are summed up the general results of the expedition in the various fields of research. The expedition crossed India, Baltistan, Ladakh, and Russian Turkestan. There are still a number of remote ranges which have never been traversed since this expedition.
With chapters by G. Dainelli and J.A. Spranger. Illustrated with two colored plates by R.W. Spranger, 15 panoramas, 4 Maps in color, and over 300 illustrations in the text from photographs by C. Antili and other members of the expedition.
| I. | Origin and Aims of the expedition; Preparation and General Organization | 1 |
| II. | From Italy to Baltistan | 11 |
| III. | Winter in Skardu, the Capital of Baltistan | 37 |
| IV. | Winter Excursions in Baltistan. By Giotto Dainelli | 74 |
| V. | From Skardu to Leh | 100 |
| VI. | Leh | 163 |
| VII. | Between Baltistan and Ladak. By. Giotto Dainelli | 228 |
| VIII. | Excursions in Ladak. By Giotto Dainelli | 251 |
| IX. | From Leh to the Depsang Plateau | 275 |
| X. | The Depsang Plateau | 307 |
| XI. | The Rimu Glacier | 317 |
| XII. | Lingzi-Thang, The Shayok Glaciers, Rimu Glacier and the Source of the Yarkand River. By Giotto Dainelli | 350 |
| XIII. | The Watershed Between the Rimu Glacier and the Karakoram Pass. The Sources of the Yarkand River. By J.A. Spranger |
370 |
| XIV. | Topography of the Rimu Glacier and of the Source-Basins of the Shayok and Yarkand Rivers | 393 |
| XV. | The Karakoram, Suget and Kokart Passes. The Raskam Daria or Upper Yarkand River | 408 |
| XVI. | From Surkowat to Kashgar; Eastern Turkestan | 450 |
| XVII. | Chinese and Russian Turkestan | 486 |
| XVIII. | Synopsis of Results | 502 |
| Bibliographical Index of Works Quoted | 509 | |
| General Index | 517 |
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