| Evidence: | 'I slept most of the morning, and in the afternoon I lay in the sun and read copies of the Calcutta "Statesman " four months old, that Auden had brought for wrapping up geological specimens. I derived as much enjoyment from them as if they had been that morning's issue.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 4 Aug 1937 | ||||||||||
| Country: | border zone of Pre-Partition India (now Pakistan) and China | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: Camp on glacier system of northern Karakoram Himalaya alt.appox 18,000ft | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Eric Shipton |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1 Aug 1907 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | mountaineer/explorer and writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | English (born in Ceylon) |
| Country of experience: | border zone of Pre-Partition India (now Pakistan) and China |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | The small team of four Europeans included, as well as Eric Shipton, the equally well known explorer and writer Bill Tilman, the surveyor Michael Spender (brother of Stephen Spender) and the geologist John Auden (brother of W.H.Auden). |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Calcutta Statesman |
| Genre: | Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | April-May 1937 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18384 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Eric Shipton | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Blank on the Map: in The Six Mountain Travel Books | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1999 (1938) | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 253 | |
| Additional comments: | This source text narrates an historic surveying and mapping expedition to the remote northern summits of the Karakoram Himalayas. |
| Citation: | Eric Shipton, Blank on the Map: in The Six Mountain Travel Books (London, 1999 (1938)), p. 253, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18384, accessed: 01 May 2024 | |
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