COUNTRY TO THE NORTHWARD FROM NOWAGURH TEEBA

First edition of Fraser's Himalaya Mountains, the finest illustrated work on the Himalayas. James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856) was the eldest son of a landed Scottish family. He travelled to India and became a merchant in Calcutta in 1814. Whilst in India he studied painting under the tutelage of the eminent artist George Chinnery. He visited the Himalayas in 1815-16 where his brother, William, was the then Political Agent to Major General Martindell. William was appointed to visit local chiefs in those parts of the Himalayas to the north-west of Garhwali and between the rivers Sutlej and Jumna in Bashahr and James went with him. While on this trip, James reputedly became the first European to reach Gangotri, the source of the Ganges.

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