Mount Everest, the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Mallory, and Wollaston
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"Mount Everest, the Reconnaissance, 1921" by Howard-Bury, Mallory, and Wollaston is an expedition account published in 1921. The book chronicles the first British attempt to find a route up Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. Led by Charles Howard-Bury, the team—including the soon-to-be-legendary George Mallory—trekked 300 miles through Tibet to reach the mountain. They faced harsh conditions, personal tensions, and geographical puzzles while mapping potential paths to the summit. Their discoveries would
pave the way for future attempts on Everest's unconquered heights. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Howard-Bury, Charles, 1881-1963 |
|---|---|
| Author | Mallory, George, 1886-1924 |
| Author | Wollaston, A. F. R. (Alexander Frederick Richmond), 1875-1930 |
| LoC No. | 22013019 |
| Title | Mount Everest, the Reconnaissance, 1921 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_British_Mount_Everest_reconnaissance_expedition |
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Produced by Jens Nordmann, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 63.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia |
| Subject | Mount Everest Expedition (1921) |
| Subject | Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 39421 |
| Release Date | Apr 10, 2012 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1183 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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