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Altai-Himalaya
Алтай — Гималаи (Мысли на коне и в шатре)
Travel diary of the Central Asian Expedition from the voyage to India (1923) to Mongolia (1926), written 'on horseback and in the tent'. It alternates landscape notes, observations on monasteries, legends of Shambhala and Maitreya, stories of Issa gathered in Ladakh, political remarks and reflections on culture. It is the main source for reconstructing Roerich's itinerary and thought in those years, and contains his description of the shining object the caravan saw in the sky over Kukunor on 5 August 1927.
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Authorship note
Diary written during the Central Asian Expedition (1923–1926). The Russian edition appeared in Ulan Bator in 1927 and the English one, prepared by the Roerich Museum, in 1929 without a named translator.
Editions and translations
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English
Altai-Himalaya: A Travel Diary
Nicholas Roerich Museum, Nueva York, 2017
ISBN 9781947016101
Segunda edición del museo; otra tirada de 2017 con ISBN 9781947016316.
Altai-Himalaya: A Travel Diary
Adventures Unlimited Press, Kempton (Illinois), 2001
ISBN 9780932813930
Nicholas Roerich
Altai-Himalaya: A Travel Diary
The Conscious LibraryAltai-Himalaya: A Travel Diary
Jarrolds, Londres, 1930
Edición británica.
Nicholas Roerich
Altai-Himalaya: A Travel Diary
The Conscious LibraryAltai-Himalaya: A Travel Diary
Frederick A. Stokes, Nueva York, 1929
Introducción de Claude Bragdon; veinte reproducciones de pinturas. Texto en Internet Archive (altaihimalayatra00roer).
Русский
Nicholas Roerich
Алтай — Гималаи. Мысли на коне и в шатре. 1923–1926
The Conscious LibraryАлтай — Гималаи. Мысли на коне и в шатре. 1923–1926
Ulan Bator, 1927
Primera edición digitalizada en el archivo del Nicholas Roerich Museum (roerich.org, «Nicholas Roerich's writings»).
Nicholas Roerich
Алтай — Гималаи
The Conscious LibraryАлтай — Гималаи
Mysl, Moscú, 1974
Primera edición soviética.
Nicholas Roerich
Алтай — Гималаи
The Conscious Library
Other works by Nicholas Roerich
- Heart of Asia · 1929
- Shambhala · 1930
- Flowers of Morya · 1921
- Realm of Light · 1931
- Gates into the Future · 1936
- The Invincible · 1936
- Himavat: Diary Leaves · 1946
- Himalayas — Abode of Light · 1947
- Beautiful Unity · 1946
- Fiery Stronghold · 1932
- Adamant · 1923
- Paths of Blessing · 1924
- Sacred Vigil · 1934
- Banner of Peace · 1934
- To the Woman's Heart · 1931
- Maitreya · 1932
- The Joy of Art · 1928
- Collected Works, Book One · 1914
- The Rite of Spring (scenario) · 1913
- Violators of Art · 1919
- Tales and Parables · 1916
- Art and Archaeology · 1898
- Some Antiquities of the Shelon Pyatina and the Bezhetsk End · 1899
- The 1899 Excursion of the Archaeological Institute and the Finnic Burials of Saint Petersburg Province · 1900
- Some Antiquities of the Derevskaya and Bezhetsk Pyatinas · 1903
- Through the Old Days · 1904
- The Stone Age on Lake Piros · 1905
- Vigil: Letters from Asia · 1939
- Heroica · 1946
- Diary Leaves · 1995
- Diary of the Manchurian Expedition (1934–1935) · 2015
- Letters · 1998
Sources
- Roerich, Nicholas. Altai-Himalaya: A Travel Diary. Introducción de Claude Bragdon. Nueva York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1929.
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