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WORKMAN, William Hunter was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. English-American parentage. Father, William Workman, was physician.
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This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Constable and Company Ltd. in London, 1910. This book is in English. This book contains 512 pages. This book contains color illustrations.
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1904 edition by T. Fisher Unwin, London. With map and two hundred and two illustrations.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...of the cliffs getting their water from the tanks above, which filters through the sandstone. The water in the cisterns is clear, but is undrinkable being defiled by bat dung. The large baoris or wells furnish the only really good and permanent supply of water. The main or east cliff entrance to Gwalior passes through the beautiful Hindu palace of Man Singh, that juts out picturesquely from the rock scarp, which it crowns. The Raja gave it the name of painted palace, for in his time it was lavishly decorated with coloured glazed tiles, remnants of which stand out in fine relief to-day against the pale sandstone of the building. There are two visible stories on the east side and two underground, of which latter bats form the chief tenants. The facade is three hundred feet long and one hundred high. It is broken in places by solid round towers crowned by domed cupolas. These cupolas are the least interesting feature of the walls and pass almost unnoticed, when one contemplates the exquisite battlements of latticed stonework, which connect them. The domes were formerly covered with plates of gilded copper, and the effect of these surmounting the white chunam covered walls banded with brilliant tiles must have been striking. Only a few traces of chunam remain, and the pale sandstone structure seen to-day is delightfully harmonious as well as impressive. Even now it is worth climbing the hill to see a huge elephant in his trappings majestically enter the grand gateway. In mediaeval times, when a long line of these animals richly caparisoned bearing howdas filled with bright-robed Hindus wound around the curve of the hill and disappeared under the pendants of the six gateways, the poem of Ancient India as portrayed in sculptured scenes from the Ramayana must have ...
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WORKMAN, William Hunter was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. English-American parentage. Father, William Workman, was physician.
Studied at Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts). Harvard University (Doctor of Medicine). Vienna; Heidelberg; Munich.
Master of Arts; Doctor of Medicine.
Practised medicine for thirteen years at Worcester, Massachusetts. Ill-health caused retirement from practice. Has since travelled extensively by bicycle and in other ways in out-of-the-way parts of Europe, North Africa, and Asia, including Greece, Spain, Sicily, Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, India, Ceylon, Java, Burma, and Cambodia.
During summers 1898-1899 travelled nearly 2000 miles among higher Himalayas. In latter summer made three pioneer ascents in Karakoram Mountains of snow-peaks, of 18,000, 19,450, and 21,000 feet. During the summer of 1902 explored the great Chogo Lungma Glacier in Northern Baltistan.
In 1903, during a third expedition to Baltistan, explored the Alchori, Hoh Lumba, and Sos Bon glaciers to their sources. Explored the Bolucho glacier, a branch of the Chogo Lungma. Ascended three snow peaks at altitudes of 21,500, 22,508, and 23,394 ft.
In summer of 1906 explored the Nun Kun range of mountains in Suru, Kashmir, ascending to altitude of 22,720 feet. In 1908 explored Hispar glacier and branches and descended Biafo glacier. Awarded by Society de Topograph ie de France, for topographical research in Himalaya, prize medal offered by the French Minister of Commerce.
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(Travelogue through the Himalayas with photographs.)
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Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Clubs: Authors’, Alpine; Charter Member American Alpine; Appalachian Mountain (Hon. Member).