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The heart of the world : a journey to the last secret place

Title
The heart of the world : a journey to the last secret place / Ian Baker ; introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Author
Baker, Ian, 1957-
Publication
New York : Penguin Press, 2004.

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Description
xxiv, 511 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
Describes the expedition of Buddhist scholar and mountain climber Ian Baker and his team into the heart of the previously unexplored Tsangpo Gorge, one of the world's most inaccessible and wildest regions.
Subject
  • Discoveries in geography
  • Travel
  • Tsangpo Gorges (China) > Discovery and exploration
  • Tsangpo Gorges Region (China) > Description and travel
  • Tsangpo Gorges (China) > Description and travel
  • Tsangpo, Gorges du (Chine) > Découverte et exploration
  • China > Tsangpo Gorges
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-486) and index.
Contents
Introduction / Dalai Lama -- The call of hidden-lands -- The gorge -- The mountain -- The waterfall -- The veils of paradise.
ISBN
  • 1594200270
  • 9781594200274
LCCN
2004053476
OCLC
  • ocm56057920
  • 56057920
  • SCSB-14445611
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library