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"Baltistan Journey"
Catalogue reference: RSAA/SC/SCH/2/46
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This record is a file about the "Baltistan Journey" dating from 1944.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RSAA/SC/SCH/2/46
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Title (The name of the record)
- "Baltistan Journey"
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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Typescript (with some holograph amendments) by R F C Schomberg, with the following Chapters (listed in the file on a separate sheet):
Part 1 (1943), pp. 1-29 (including p. 19a): (I) From Srinagar over the Deosai Plains to Skardu; (II) From Skardu to Shigar; (III) From Shigar to Arandu, the Last Village in Baltistan; (IV) Over the Nushik La to Gilgit.
Part 2 (1943), pp. 1-73: (I) From Gilgit to the Bagrot Valley; (II) From the Bagrot Valley to Haramosh; (III) In Haramosh; (IV) Upper Haramosh and Back to Gilgit; (V) From Gilgit up the Indus Valley towards Baltistan; (VI) Up the Indus to Skardu; (VII) The Skardu Road out of Baltistan.
Part 3 (1944), pp. 1-73 (including pp. 7a and 36a): (I) The Upper Shyok; (II) The Lower Shyok; (III) Khapalu; (IV) The Hushe Valley; (V) [no title]; (VI) [no title]; (VII) [no title].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Royal Society for Asian Affairs
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- 178 typed sheets, plus original cover-title (brown paper) and smaller sheet of chapter titles.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/1e783f2e-91a9-491d-8a5c-ce6429fc1e5c/
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RSAA/SC/SCH
Schomberg, Reginald Charles Francis, 1880-1958, explorer, author
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Within the sub-fonds: RSAA/SC
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Within the series: RSAA/SC/SCH
Schomberg, Reginald Charles Francis, 1880-1958, explorer, author
Within the sub-series: RSAA/SC/SCH/2
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"Baltistan Journey"