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In breve: H. W. Tilman has been called "arguably the best expedition writer and best explorer-mountaineer" of the 20th century. Read book review of "The seven mountain travel books"
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In breve: H. W. Tilman has been called "arguably the best expedition writer and best explorer-mountaineer" of the 20th century.
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In breve: This book presents a comprehensive survey of Indian culture.
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In breve: This collection of short stories is set in Sankhari, the author's village by the sea in Orissa, bordering West Bengal. All the impressions narrated came to the author between his fourth and fourteenth years.
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In breve: H. W. Tilman has been called "arguably the best expedition writer and best explorer-mountaineer" of the 20th century.
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In breve: 29 mai 2003 : cinquantième anniversaire de la conquête de l'Everest. En 1938, Harold William Tilman dirige la cinquième expédition britannique El'Everest et atteint, sans oxygène, l'altitude de 8 300 mètres. Ce document, vivant et spirituel, apporte El'histoire de la conquête de l'Everest une contribution originale. En effet, Tilman fut un précurseur authentique " Une expédition qui ne peut s'organiser sur une feuille de papier Elettre ordinaire [...] souffre d'un excès d'organisation " - ainsi conçoit-il les expéditions qu'il envisage légères bien avant l'heure.
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In breve: Our present-day knowledge of the birds of the Himalayan region can be traced back to the pioneering work of Brian Houghton Hodgson who was a 19th century naturalist, scholar and administrator. Born in Cheshire in 1800, Hodgson was resident in Kathmandu for many years and he described or collected over 120 species of birds new to science.
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In breve: H. W. Tilman has been called "arguably the best expedition writer and best explorer-mountaineer" of the 20th century. The mountains of the title are Rakaposhi and Mustagh Ata, ascents of both of which Tilman attempted (the latter with Eric Shipton). After his return from these attempts Tilman visited the source of the Oxus, the river of the title.
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