Teltscher, Kate. <br/><br/>
The high road to China : George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the first British expedition to Tibet / 
Kate Teltscher. 
 - London :  Bloomsbury,  2006. 
 - xvi, 316 p., [8] p. of plates :  col. ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-299) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I; Bengal & Bhutan 1774<br/>1 The Pahchen Lama's Letter<br/>2 Private Commissions to Mr Bogie<br/>3 Lazy, Lolling Palankins<br/>4 Perpetual Ascending and Descending<br/>5 The First European in These Parts<br/>6 Monkish to the Greatest Degree<br/>7 Bloody Work<br/>Part II: Tibet 1774-1775<br/>8 God's Vicegerent<br/>9 To Tashilhunpo<br/>10 Thibet Vocabulary<br/>11 The Business of a Traveller<br/>12 Living Like a Thibetian<br/>13 A Last Farewell<br/>Part III: Bengal, Tibet & China 177 5-1793<br/>14 Melancholy Hall<br/>15 Tibet Garden<br/>16 To Adventure for Possibilities<br/>17 The Emperor's Invitation<br/>18 The Meeting between the Two<br/>19 The Pure Light of the Void<br/>20 The Tank<br/>21 The Golden Urn 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0747584842 (hard) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Panchen lamas.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Discovery and exploration--British.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>915.150432092  / TEL/H