Himalayas Collection (#3)

Bear believed responsible for 1937yeti footprints on Everest
A page from the Illustrated London News in 1937, entitled The abominable snowman unmasked, reporting on confirmation that suspected yeti footprints discovered in the Himalayas were in fact those of

Members of the Cho Oyu expedition, Nepal. (L. to R.) standing: Mr R. G. College; Mr E. Hillary; Mr E Shipton; Dr. L.G.C. Pugh; Mr H. E. Riddiford; Mr G. Lowe. sitting: Mr C.H. Secord; Mr R.C

Himalayas from Darjeeling, India
View of the Himalayas from Darjeeling, India. Date: circa 1890s

View of the Himalayas from Darjeeling, India. Date: circa 1890s

New Road at Rogi, near Chini, Himalayas, India. Date: circa 1890s

River, possibly in the Himalayan Mountains, India
View of a river, possibly in the Himalayan Mountains, India. Date: circa 1890s

India Yamuna River
The source of the Yamuna (Jumna) river in the Himalayas; it will eventually flow into the Ganges, by way of Delhi and Agra. Date: circa 1835

India Himalayas
The valley of the Dhoon. Date: circa 1840s

Buddhist Tibetan Lama holding a prayer wheel. Date: circa 1910s

Tibetan Man in traditional costume Date: circa 1920s

Tibetan Picnic Party Date: circa 1920s

A group of Tibetan Musicians. Date: circa 1904

Tibetan Family group. Date: circa 1910s

Lakeside Temple at Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
Lakeside Temple at Nainital, a hill station in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and headquarters of Nainital district in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas

Rheum nobile, Sikkim rhubarb
Specimen of Sikkim rhubarb (Rheum nobile) collected by Frank Ludlow, George Sherriff and N M Elliot in Tibet in 1947

Gypaetos barbatus, lammergeier
Plate 1, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal

Hemitragus jemlahicus, tahr

Virgatosphinctes, ammonite
Shown here is an Ammonite fossil recovered from over 5000m above sea-level in the Himalaya region

Tibetan horse minder
A young Tibetan horse minder, Urulung, Tibet

Coracina melashistos, dark-collared cuckoo-shrike nests
A painting by Khuleelooddeen, (c. 1830-40)

Portolan Atlas, 1587. Map which depicts a piece of land from India to the Himalayas, from Sulawesi to Papua New Guinea. Drawn in Messina. Facsimil. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Sikkim - Wall at Yadong, China
The Tibet / China / India frontier border amid the Himalayan Mountains. A wall of houses at Sikkim, Yatung (Yadong). Date: 1910s

Snow View - Chakrata, India
Snow-topped peaks viewed from Snow View - Chakrata - a cantonment town in the Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand, Northern India, close to the border with Chinese Tibet. Date: circa 1910s

Tibetan Family in traditional costume Date: circa 1910s

MAPS / INDIA 1908
Map of India Date: 1908

Kalka-Dharampur Rly 1
A scene on the Kalka to Dharampur Railway, in the lower Himalayas, northern India : a train crosses the four-tier gallery : notice also the pipe-line. Date: early 20th century

K2 Conquered
An Italian expedition finally succeeded in ascending to the Himalayan summit of K2, the worlds second highest mountain, on July 31, 1954

Tibet, China - Village of Bathang

Himalayas
The Himalayan Mountains. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts, taken on a journey he took from Kashmir to Kashgar in Chinese Turkestan

Tibetan Stupa, Tibet, Himalayan Mountains, Southern China

India Darjeeling
General view of Darjeeling, on the Sikkim border, with the Himalayas beyond

The Miracle of Purun Bhagat; Dewan Sir Purun Dass at a shrin
Illustration showing The Miracle of Purun Bhagat ; Dewan Sir Purun Dass, K.C.I.E. having resigned his power, position and palace, sitting as a Sunnyasi (Holy Man)

Brit Expedition Climb
Members of the British Everest Expedition walk through an icy corridor

Nepal / Annapurna 1 Clouds
Clouds over Mount Machhapuchhre, in the Annapurna Range of the Himalayas

Ww1 Indian Soldiers
Two soldiers from the Garhwal region of the Himalayas, serving with the Indian army during World War One

Brit Expedition Survey
Members of the British Everest Expedition survey the mountains

Brit Expedition Group
Members of the British Everest Expedition pose for a photograph; Bruce and Mallory stand on the left and middle, respectively

Map of India Etc / Mallet
Crude map of northern India, previous to any extensive colonisation, including parts of Pakistan & Bangladesh & the sources of two great rivers the Ganges & Indus

Sport / Climbing / Himalayas
In their Everest attempt, English climbers Bruce and Finch reach 8300 metres, helped with oxygen apparatus

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