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"Karakoram Finale"

Catalogue reference: RSAA/SC/SCH/2/47

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Reference
RSAA/SC/SCH/2/47
Title
"Karakoram Finale"
Date
1946
Description

Typescript (with some holograph amendments) by R F C Schomberg, including a "Preface" (two copies of Preface).

The text is divided into the following Chapters: (I) From Kashmir to Gilgit [pp. 1-6]; (II) From Gilgit to the Capital of Hunza [pp. 7-14]; (III) From Hunza to the Shimshal Valley, over the Afdigar Pass [pp. 1-7]; (IV) From the Shimshal Valley to the Mustagh or Shaksgam River [pp. 8-15]; (V) Up the Forgotten Shaksgam Valley [pp. 16-24]; (VI) From the Junction of the Shaksgam and Sarpo Laggo over the Mustagh Pass [pp. 25-33, including pp. 32a and 32b]; (VII) Down the Baltoro in Baltistan to the Mouth of the Biafo [pp. 34-41]; (VIII) Up the Biafo and across the Hispar Pass [pp. 42-7]; (IX) Down the Hispar Glacier and back to Hunza [pp. 48-54]; (X) [no title, pp. 55-9]; (XI) From Hunza to the Slopes of Rakaposhi [pp. 60-6]; (XII) Nearer to Rakaposhi or Dumani [pp. 67-72].

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Royal Society for Asian Affairs
Language
English
Physical description
1 file
Physical condition
88 typed sheets, plus original cover-title (brown paper) and two smaller Preface sheets.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d48b28aa-fc95-4fbf-b21b-9cd22e5d9ce8/

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Schomberg, Reginald Charles Francis, 1880-1958, explorer, author

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"Karakoram Finale"