Ladak: Physical, Statistical and Historical; with Notices of the Surrounding Countries
Author(s):
Cunningham, Alexander
Copyright: 1977, Sagar, New Delhi
Specifications: 1st thus, 8vo, pp.xii, 483, viii, 17 color & 13 bw plates, color map, black cloth
Condition: dj chipped, attached to cloth, good+, cloth w/ front hinge cracked, vg-.
Originally published in 1853, Cunningham visited Ladak twice, by two different routes. He writes about the land, people, history, religion, climate, dress, languages, social customs, art, rivers, lakes and springs, resources, minerals, products, and more. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his signature.