An account of an embassy to the court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet : containing a narrative of a journey through Bootan, and part of Tibet / by Captain Samuel Turner ; to which are added, views taken on the spot, by Lieutenant Samuel Davis ; and observations botanical, mineralogical, and medical, by Mr. Robert Saunders
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One aquatint by De la Motte after Stubbs"}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "English Short Title Catalog, T136507"}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "Also available online."}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "SCNHRB copy (39088002739761) imperfect: lacking plate \"The Palace of Punukka in Bootan.\""}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "SCNHRB copy provenance: Book Club, Boston (no evidence remaining with the rebinding)."}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "SCNHRB copy in modern quarter binding of light brown goatskin and cloth."}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "Elecresource"}, {"label": "Summary", "content": "In 1783, at the opportunity presented by a new Panchen (or Teshoo) Lama, Bengal governor-general Warren Hastings sent a deputation to Tibet and Bhutan in the hope of promoting British-Indian trade across the Himalayas. Samuel Turner (1759-1802), an army officer in the East India Company, was appointed leader of the mission. 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