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ricerca di: Martin Hopkinson - Libri recensiti: 3
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In breve: Until 1936, when he began diplomatic work in India, he explored the regions of the North West Frontier, publishing 4 books on the subject during the 1930's.
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In breve: The present work, Schomberg's final book, offers an acount of the pagan Kafirs of the Chitral area, who even then were fast becoming muslim converts. It also contains an excellent description of the region's mountains and glaciers. It is the scarcest of Schomberg's books.
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In breve: Schomberg explored the northern and more inaccessible regions of the Karakoram mountains during 2 visits made in 1934. Though the area had previously been explored by others such as Francis Younghusband and Grombchevski, Schomberg reached the Braldu glacier and valley, parts of the southern Ghujerab and the Oprang which had previously not been visited by Europeans.
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