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"In the Forbidden Land: An Account of a Journey into Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Authorities" by A. Henry Savage Landor is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The narrative details Landor's expedition into Tibet, during which he faced not only the challenges of navigating a rugged and largely unexplored environment but also endured the harsh realities of capture, imprisonment, and torture at the hands of Tibetan authorities. The work serves both as a gripping travelogue and an essential record of the customs and culture of the Tibetan people. At the start of the book, Landor recounts his preparations for the journey, detailing the essential provisions, scientific instruments, and various challenges he encountered even before reaching Tibet. Despite initial excitement, his adventure becomes increasingly fraught with difficulties such as the overwhelming heat of India, logistical setbacks with carriers, and the necessity of recruiting reliable servants for the treac

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IN this book I have set down the record of a journey in Tibet undertaken
by me during the spring, summer and autumn of 1897. It is illustrated
partly from my photographs and partly from sketches made by me on the
spot. Only as regards the torture scenes have I had to draw from memory,
but it will be easily conceded that their impression must be vivid enough
with me.

The map is made entirely from my surveys of an area of twelve thousand
five hundred square miles in Tibet proper. In Chapter VI. the altitudes
of such high peaks in India as Nanda Devi and others are taken from the
Trigonometrical Survey, and so are the positions fixed by astronomical
observations of the starting and terminating points of my surveys at the
places where I entered and left Tibet.

In the orthography of geographical names I have adopted the course
advised by the Royal Geographical Society--viz., to give the names their
true sound as they are locally pronounced, and I have made no exception
even for the grand and poetic "Himahlya" which is in English usually
distorted into the unmusical and unromantic word "Himalayas."

I submit with all deference the following geographical results of my
expedition:

The solution of the uncertainty regarding the division of the Mansarowar
and Rakstal Lakes.

The ascent to so great an altitude as 22,000 feet, and the pictures of
some of the great Himahlyan glaciers.

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