'Himalayan Journals — Complete' is a travelog by Joseph Dalton Hooker, a British botanist and explorer of the 19th century. For twenty years, he served as the director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, and was Charles Darwin's closest friend. In this book, Hooker documents his travels through India, including Sunderbunds, Burdwan, Soorujkoond, Benares, Patna, Seetakoond, and Bhaugulpore, among others. He writes about the geology, vegetation, and natural history of each region, detailing his encounters with various animals, such as tigers, alligators, and tortoises, as well as native tribes, including the Lepchas, Limboos, and Magras. Hooker's descriptions of the landscape, flora, and fauna of the Himalayan region are vivid and insightful, making this book an exciting read for anyone interested in botany, travel, and natural history.

This book addresses the geology of the entire Himalayan range in Nepal, i.e., from the Gangetic plain in the south to the Tethyan zone in the north. Without a comprehensive look at the various Himalayan zones, it is practically impossible to fully grasp the processes at work behind the formation and development of the spectacular Himalaya. However, the goal is not merely to document all the scientific ontology but rather to reveal a sound basis for the prevailing concepts. Both the early literature on Himalayan geology and contemporary trends are fully covered. For the first time, the origin, use, and abuse of common Himalayan geological terms such as the Siwaliks, Lesser Himalaya, Main Boundary Thrust, Main Central Thrust, and Tethys are discussed. The book will help readers to progress from a cognitive approach to a constructive one by linking various types of knowledge, such as seeking relations between various geological structures as well as between earlier thoughts or views and contemporary approaches.

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Excerpt from Himalayan Journals: Or Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &C In 1855 Dr. Hooker was appointed assistant-director of Kew Gardens, and on his father's death in 1865, succeeded to the Directorship, which he held for twenty years. Every one knows and admires the arrangements and visible treasures of Kew Gardens, but few are aware of the priceless herbaria carefully pre served there, containing type-specimens, often unique - all being gradually described and illustrated by the corps of able botanists congregated at work there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.