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THE GILGIT GAME: THE EXPLORERS OF THE WESTERN HIMALAYAS 1865-95. Keay 1982 RU ed DJ
By Keay, John.
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London, 1982, book club edition. 277 pp, ills. The first narrative of one of the most intriguing stories of exploration over a period of dangerous tension between Russia and British India. The author's first-hand knowledge of the terrain informs this account, together with his intensive research since so few of the original travellers were allowed to publish their findings.
 
Two years after publishing When Men and Mountains Meet, his masterly account of the exploration of the Himalayas, John Keay published this fascinating account of the dangerous and secretive reconnaissance of the Gilgit region by intrepid British, Russian and Indian travellers.
 
These hardy travellers, more intelligence agents than travellers, tested each other’s deception skills in what became widely known as the Great Game - the probing by the British of their North-West Indian frontier, and the by the Russian of their southern flank and the possibility of a land access to the Indian Ocean. John Keay’s unsurpassed knowledge of the region and his extensive research have combined to make this a magnificent and original portrayal of the Gilgit (Great) Game as it was truly played. Well done exploration history. Well done exploration history. DJ, Fine.   

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