Notes of a tour in Sikkim [1 of 2 copies]
- GB 235 CAV/2/1/5
- Item
Part of George H. Cave Collection
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Notes of a tour in Sikkim [1 of 2 copies]
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Notes of a tour in Sikkim [2 of 2 copies]
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Notes of itinerary route into Sikkim [Cave + Watt tour 1925?]
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Date May 1925. - Material is not dated with a year but is most likely 1925 on account of item CAV/2/2/1 (Letter of permission for Cave and Watt to travel 15 days in Sikkim) - this itinerary was originally filed alongside the letter (2/2/1)
16th Darjeeling to Jorebungalow
17th Jorebunglow to ‘Tonglo’, now Tonglu
18th to Sandakphu
19th to ‘Phallal’? - Phalut
20th to Dentam
21st to ‘Peirnionchi’ - now Pemayangtse Monastery?
22nd to ‘Timi’ or Temi
23rd to ‘Shomdang’ or now Samdong
24th to ‘Gangtok’, Gangtok
25th to ‘Karponang’, Pusum (Karponang bungalow enroute to Nathula Pass, east of Gangtok)
26th Changu
27/28th? Gnathang
29th Rhenak
30th Kalimpong
Part of George H. Cave Collection
'Notes on Sikkim Orchids', Original handwritten notes
Part of George H. Cave Collection
"Notice. Travellers' bungalows in Sikkim and the Darjeeling District"
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Information relating to the use of Travellers bungalows in Sikkim and Darjeeling, 1922.
Useful source for deciphering historic place names mentioned in other material throughout Cave collection.
Lists 47 Travellers Bungalows in Darjeeling and Sikkim, including their distance from major population centres in miles, the height in feet, and the number of bedrooms, dining rooms, sitting rooms, beds and mattresses.
Contains archaic and offensive language in reference to indigenous populations.
Published: F. M. Bailey (Political Officer in Sikkim) and J. T. Donovan (Deputy Commissioner, Darjeeling), K. N. Pradhans Press, 1922.
Photocopy of George Sheriff photograph of '1768 Primula caveara S.E Tibet, 1936
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Photograph of Magnolia globosa in flower
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Photograph of the interior of Suman Burj in Delhi - interior view of the Diwan-I-Khas
Part of George H. Cave Collection