PEREIRA, GEORGE [EDWARD] and YOUNGHUSBAND, FRANCIS [compiler]: Peking to Lhasa. the Narrative of Journeys in the Chinese Empire Made by the Late Brigadier-General George Pereira

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PEREIRA, GEORGE [EDWARD] and YOUNGHUSBAND, FRANCIS [compiler] : Peking to Lhasa. the Narrative of Journeys in the Chinese Empire Made by the Late Brigadier-General George Pereira

Constable and Company Ltd., London, 1925

Compiled by Sir Francis Younghusband, from notes and diaries supplied by Major-General Sir Cecil Pereira. 293 pages, 33 plates, 2 folding maps, cloth, very good. 1st edition. From the website of University of Birmingham's Center for First World War Studies: "Brigadier-General George Edward 'Hoppy' Pereira (1865-1923) was the brother of Major-General Sir Cecil Pereira. He commanded 47th Brigade (1916-17) and 43rd Brigade (1918). His nickname derived from a gammy leg. Pereira had served as British Military Attaché in Peking from 1905 to 1910. He retained a fascination with China and after the war, and despite his leg, he became the first European to walk from Peking to Lhasa." Based on diaries and notes from Peking, Hwa Shan, Sian, Ching Ling, Han-chung, Mount Omei, Ta-chien-lu, Tangar, Chamdo and Lhasa. From Younghusband's preface "General Pereira, nearly up to the last day of his life, kept a diary of his travels, and literally up to the last day of his life made observations for his map . . . With so much detail available it has been possible to describe with great detail the route followed on his journeys." Yakushi (1984) P 67., Very Good with no dust jacket

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