First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9�" x 6�" (0.9 kg); pp (xii) 206; Index; Bibliography; Preface by Sir Ranulph Fiennes; Includes: Black & white photographs on individual leaves; Maps; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #201232 ||.

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Title

Spying for the Raj: The Pundits and the Mapping of the Himalaya

Publisher

Stroud: Sutton Publishing

Publication Date

2006

ISBN 10

0750942002

ISBN 13

9780750942003

Binding

Hardback in Dust Wrapper.

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good+

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In the 1860s, Captain Thomas Montgomerie trained natives to be surveyors, and had them explore the region covertly. These men, known as pundits, were disguised as lamas (holy men). This book talks about these servants of the Raj who managed to map the Himalayas and Tibet, helping the British to consolidate their rule in the Indian sub-continent.

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JULES STEWART is a freelance journalist, formerly with Reuters. He is the author of The Khyber Rifles and lives in London.

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