Travels in Tartary, Tibet, and China During the Years 1844-1846 (Vol. 1&2)

This is the remarkable account of the two-year journey across China, Mongolia and Tibet by two French Christian missionaries. After their expulsion from Tibet, where they stayed in the capital Lhasa, they moved back to China. The journey by Évariste Régis Huc and Joseph Gabet, began in September, 1844. They received a commission to travel to Mongolia to check on the progress of the newly established Christian mission created by the Pope. Volume I tells about their adventures in China and Mongolia and Volume II casts light on their further adventures in Tibet.

Évariste Régis Huc, C.M., (1813-1860), was a French Catholic priest, missionary, and traveler. He became famous for his accounts of Qing-era China, Mongolia (then known as 'Tartary'). Yet his most important achievement for the time was the exploration of then-almost-unknown Tibet. He summed up his journey in his book Remembrances of a Journey in Tartary, Tibet, and China. It is remarkable, that he and his companion Joseph Gabet were the first Europeans who had reached Lhasa since Thomas Manning in 1812.