He reached Yarkand in December 1868 and Kashgar in January 1869, the first Englishman to visit either place. On his advice Yakob Beg despatched an envoy to India, and Shaw himself made his way back to India via the Karakoram Pass. He later accompanied Sir Douglas Forsyth on his first mission to Yarkand in 1870 and was awarded a gold medal by the Royal Geographical Society in 1872 for his exploration of Eastern Turkestan. He was later appointed British joint commissioner in Ladak. Hardcover, DJ, Fine.