- GB 235 CAV/2/4/8
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Part of George H. Cave Collection
Authorship and date of creation unclear, item clarifies route described by item CAV/2/4/2.
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Part of George H. Cave Collection
Authorship and date of creation unclear, item clarifies route described by item CAV/2/4/2.
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Identification of Specimens Collected by G. H. Cave in the Zemu and Llonakh Valleys of Sikkim, 1947
Part of George H. Cave Collection
plant notes, including seeding of rhododendrons
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
"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.
Census Circular No. 10 of 1900
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Descriptive information relating to the castes or tribes of Nepal, 1910. Information presented as a spreadsheet with the headings, 'Caste', 'Language', 'Religion', and 'Remarks'.
There are a few corrections in blue ink to the names and spellings of certain indigenous groups.
Published - A. Earle. Deputy Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner's Office, Darjeeling, 24th July, 1900.
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Census information for Nepal, 1900. Annotations made in red pen to correct the spelling of certain indigenous groups.
Bound map of Sikkim showing William Wright Smith and G. H. Cave tours in 1909 and 1910
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Routes taken by William Wright Smith and G.H. Cave in 1909 and 1910. Map draw on in pencil. Originally published by Surveyor General of India, May 1906.
Part of George H. Cave Collection