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The Mission to Yarkund: crossing the Shayok below the Khardung Pass, 1874. Creator: Unknown.

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The Mission to Yarkund: crossing the Shayok below the Khardung Pass, 1874. Engraving of a sketch by Captain E. F. Chapman '...of the journey of Mr. Forsyth's diplomatic mission to Yarkund and Cashgar...they proceeded...into the valley of the Nubra and the Shayok...to the foot of the Karakorum mountain range...Our Illustration shows the party, after crossing the Kardung, when descending the glacier by which they entered the Shayok valley, at an elevation of 10,000 ft. For this descent...they had to change their ponies for yaks, or Tibet oxen, the safest beasts for riding down a glacier - stolid creatures that positively decline to be hurried...The beasts were pulled and encouraged up the steep zigzag by ragged Tartars, whose constant cry of "Oitch-kok-kok-kok!" proved that their practised lungs were not affected by the thinness of the air. As for the European travellers, their breathing was considerably affected by this circumstance, from the altitude of the position. There was great fear that the baggage would be drenched and spoiled, but the yaks faced the water bravely, and the Tartars...did not hesitate to plunge in up to their waists, though it was nearly at freezing temperature. So they managed to carry everything safely over'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM25A32_203

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47,0Mo (4,5Mo) / 41,7cm x 28,2cm / 4923 x 3336 (300dpi)

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river animal people male job man men India Asia Indian arts mountain mountains mountain range country crossing art guy occupation British equipment geography headdress ox Ladakh supply turban turbans location century Britain profession newspapers press baggage print porter porters expedition supplies B&W fording headgear oxen engraved engraving yak head-dress head dress Yaks 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Karakorams The Print Collector geographical feature Hindoostan Illustrated London News Tartar TGN wood engraving ILN Tartary Tartars newspaper Unknown Thomas Forsyth 19th-century C.R. The Illustrated London News C. R. R. C. Shyok River baggage train Mission to Yarkand Mission to Yarkund Yarkand Mission Yarkund Mission Thomas Douglas Forsyth Thomas Douglas Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth Douglas Forsyth