HimalayaA Human History by Ed Douglas

A scholarly yet entertaining synthesis of hundreds of years of history Financial Times This is the first major history of the Himalaya an epic story of peoples cultures and adventures among the worlds highest mountains. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 DUFF COOPER PRIZE An epic story of peoples cultures and adventures among the worlds highest mountains here Jesuit missionaries exchanged technologies with Tibetan Lamas Mongol Khans employed Nepali craftsmen Armenian merchants exchanged musk and gold with Paperback softback