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| Whole books on the Himalayan region, some written way back in the past when the Himalayas were a trifle shorter! |
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Culled from open access material are a few COMPLETE books on the Himalayan region. Some of these are seminal works that have contributed significantly to our understanding of the Himalayan region and continue to direct enquiry and development action in the region.
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| ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT |
| Title: |
A Naturalist in Himalaya |
| Author: |
Richard William George Hingston |
| Year of Publication: |
1920 |
| Publisher: |
Boston, Small, Maynard |
| Language: |
English |
| Written in non-technical language, this book is a record of observations in natural science collected between the years 1914-1916 in the Himalayan valley of Hazara. The book starts with a general introduction to the valley gradually moving on the varied life forms present there. |
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| Title: |
Western Himalaya and Tibet: A Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains of Northern India--During the years 1847-8 |
| Author: |
Thomas Thomson |
| Year of Publication: |
1852 |
| Publisher: |
Reeve and co., London |
| Language: |
English |
| In this book with numerous maps and sketches, the author describes from his own journey the environs, the ecology and the flora and fauna of the Western Himalayan region and the Tibetan Mountains. |
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| Title: |
The Heart of Nature or The Quest for Natural Beauty |
| Author: |
Sir Francis Edward Younghusband |
| Year of Publication: |
1921 |
| Publisher: |
J. Murray, London |
| Language: |
English |
| This book, a good read for nature-lovers and aptly called the ‘heart of nature’ is about the natural beauty of the Indian Himalayas where one gets to observe nature in so many different aspects and therefore understand it better. |
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| Title: |
Himalayan and Kashmiri Birds |
| Author: |
Douglas Dewar |
| Year of Publication: |
1923 |
| Publisher: |
John Lane, London |
| Language: |
English |
| This book, an interesting guide for bird-watchers is an account of the birds commonly seen in summer in the Himalayas and Kashmir. The object of this book is to enable people interested in birds to identify those they meet with while walking in the hill stations of the Himalayas and the Kashmir valley. |
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