Por el Himalaya

Exploraciones por Asia Central, Karakórum y Pamir

Francis Younghusband

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Francis Younghusband apenas tenía veinte años cuando partió en busca del "verdadero espíritu del Himalaya". Escrito cuarenta años después, este relato cuenta las dos expediciones que realizó entre 1886 y 1889 y que le valieron la Medalla de Oro de la Royal Geographic Society. La primera le llevó desde Pekín a Cachemira, a lo largo de 5.500 kilómetros y en la siguiente exploró los importantes pasos del Karakórum y Pamir. Este relato inédito en castellano transmite con serenidad la vehemencia juvenil y el goce por los soberbios paisajes himaláyicos. Con él celebramos el 150 aniversario de su nacimiento.

Über Francis Younghusband

Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (b. May 31, 1863 in British India, d. July 31, 1942 in Dorset, England) was among the great British figures to explore the Karakorams and the Himalayas. In recognition of his achievement, the Royal Geographic Society awarded him its gold medal. He was the youngest member to be inducted into that organization and later in his life would go on to serve as its president.
A career officer, Younghusband set off on Central Asian and Himalayan expeditions soon after joining the Queens Dragon's Guard in the regiment at Rawalpindi, now part of Pakistan. This was during the era of the Great Game, when the discovery of Himalayan routes and passes were of vital importance to England and Russia's imperial ambitions of England. In the wake of his first mountain exploits, he carried out various missions for the Political Service in India and led the British invasion of Tibet, which resulted in the occupation Llasa and the Anglo-Tibetan Treaty of 1904 and in turn the flight of the XIII Dalai Lama to Mongolia. Explorer, officer, spy, geographer, journalist, mountain climber, author, professor, Younghusband was an extraordinary character who in the last years of his life promoted the World Congress of Faith, which he founded in 1936.


Verlag:

La Línea Del Horizonte Ediciones

Veröffentlicht:

2014

Druckseiten:

ca. 179

Sprache:

Castellano

Medientyp:

eBook


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