In the second edition of his travalogue of an exploratory journey through this high Himalayan region of western Nepal in 1952, the renowned linguist and Tibetologist, Giuseppe Tucci, describes his experiences and discoveries as the first 20th-century western scholar to travel through the region. In the second edition of his travalogue of an exploratory journey through this high Himalayan region of western Nepal in 1952, the renowned linguist and Tibetologist, Giuseppe Tucci, describes his experiences and discoveries as the first 20th-century western scholar to