Kintup
Kintup
1849?-?
One of the better known and dedicated Indian "Pundit" explorers of the nineteenth century. When European travelers were banned from Tibet, Kintup trained as a geographer and slipped into the region in 1880 under a false identity. His mission was to explore the Tsangpo River, the possible source of the famed Brahmaputra River. He survived four years of enslavement and imprisonment while continuing to seek new geographical information. When he was eventually freed he returned to India, only to have his findings discounted. His disillusionment caused him to leave his country and no further record of his life is known.
More From encyclopedia.com
Brahmaputra , Brahmaputra River in s Asia. Rising in sw Tibet, it flows e into China, then s into India and wsw across India into Bangladesh (where it becomes the… Colorado River (north America) , COLORADO RIVER EXPLORATIONS. The Spanish explorer Francisco de Ulloa unwittingly reached the mouth of the Colorado River, in the Gulf of California,… Streamflow , RIVERS
RIVERS . Among the Native American Yurok people, who live along the Yurok River in northern California, orientation in the world was not provi… Anglo-indian , Anglo-Indian
ETHNONYMS: Castee, East Indian, Eurasian, Goan, Goanese, Mustee
This term has been used in two distinct senses. Up to about 1900 it mean… River , River
A river is a natural stream of freshwater that is larger than a brook or creek. Rivers are normally the main channels or largest tributaries of… Amazon (river) , Amazon (river, Peru and Brazil)
Amazon, Port. Amazonas (ämäzō´nəs), world's second longest river, c.3,900 mi (6,280 km) long, formed by the junction…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Kintup