This is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains.

When, how, and why did the Himalaya become the highest mountains in the world? In 1800, Chimborazo in South America was believed to be the world's highest mountain, only succeeded by Mount Everest in 1856. Science on the Roof of the World tells the story of this shift, and the scientific, imaginative, and political remaking needed to fit the Himalaya into a new global scientifi...(展开全部)

中文标题：喜马拉雅以东 山岳地图册

中文标题：喜马拉雅以东 山岳地图册