A CONQUEST OF TIBETSven Hedin Dutton ($5).
Though world-travelers are now conducted in droves to many an outlandish spot. Tibet is not one of them. While it houses one of the most ancient of the world's extant civilizations, Tibet is so nearly inaccessible that it remains one of the least-visited places on the globe. A trip to Tibet is more in the nature of a conquest than a journey; Author Hedin well names this record of his perilous peregrinations.
His first expedition, which had as its goal the Forbidden City of Lhasa, started in 1896....
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