What is it about?
The rise and fall of the Schlagintweit Brothers, three Bavarian explorers of the Himalayas. They set an altitude record of 23,000 feet before coming to grief.
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Why is it important?
Most histories of Himalayan exploration ignore the achievements of the Schlagintweits. They also exemplify a form of scientific diplomacy at mid-century.
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This essay took me a year and a half to research and write.
Dr Gabriel Finkelstein
University of Colorado Denver
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This page is a summary of: “Conquerors of The Künlün”? The Schlagintweit Mission to High Asia, 1854–57, History of Science, June 2000, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/007327530003800203.
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