The fifteen-hundred mile journey through un-surveyed and unknown country in Tibet described in this book was made in 1913. The mystery of the Tsangpo Gorges was solved; the country forming the border between Tibet and Assam was mapped; specimens of mammals and butterflies unknown to the West were brought back, the habitat of the eared pheasant was described; and perhaps most popularly, the Himalayan Blue Poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia Baileyi ) was observed (to be later brought back to England by Captain Kingdon Ward). (GoodReads)
