Evidence: | 'Among the mail was "The Times" Special Coronation Supplement. The men were vastly intrigued with the pictures.
"That I suppose is your Potala?" asked [Sherpa] Wangdi, pointing to a drawing of Westminster Abbey. "And that is the King and the Grand Lama about to crown him?". I agreed that the Archbishop of Canterbury was indeed our Grand Lama.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 28 Jun 1937 | ||||||||||
Country: | India | ||||||||||
Time: | morning | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: Base camp in Bhyundar Valley Garwhal Himalaya | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Frank Smythe |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 6 Jul 1900 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | mountaineer, writer, photographer |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | India |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Sherpa Wangdi and other (unnamed) Sherpas |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | The Times Special Coronation Supplement |
Genre: | Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | probably 12th or 13th May 1937 |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 18487 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Frank Smythe | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Valley of Flowers: in The Six Alpine/Himalayan Climbing Books | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 2000 (1938) | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 706 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Frank Smythe, The Valley of Flowers: in The Six Alpine/Himalayan Climbing Books (London, 2000 (1938)), p. 706, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18487, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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