The Land Of The Lamas Notes Of A Journey Through China Mongolia And Tibet

This is the tale of a long and arduous journey through the wild backlands of China, Mongolia and Tibet in the years 1890-91. William Woodville Rockville, an American diplomat in China, yearned, like so many, to visit the forbidden land of Tibet. However, unlike many, he had the advantages of speaking Chinese and Tibetan. He also had an unusual plan to maximize his chance of entering Tibet undetected: he planned to enter Tibet not from the south as most had attempted to do but from the remote northeast.