See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• WILLIAM MOORCROFT (c. 1770–1825)

MOORCROFT (c. 1770–1825)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English traveller, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, about 1770 . He was educated as a surgeon in See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool; but on completing his course he resolved to devote himself to veterinary See also:

• SURGERY
• SURGERY (Fr. chirurgie, from Gr. Xetpoupyfa, i.e. hand-work)

surgery, and, after studying the subject in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, began practice in See also:

• LONDON

London . In 1795 he published a pamphlet of directions for the medical treatment of horses, with See also:

• SPECIAL

special reference to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, and in 'Soo a Cursory See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of the Methods of Shoeing Horses . Having been offered by the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company the inspectorship of their See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal See also:

• STUD

stud, See also:

• MOORCROFT, WILLIAM (c. 1770–1825)

Moorcroft ]eft See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England for India in 18o8 . Under his care the stud rapidly improved; in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to perfect the breed he resolved to undertake a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey into Central See also:

• ASIA

Asia to obtain a stock of See also:

• TURKOMAN

Turkoman horses . In company with See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Hearsey, and encumbered with a stock of merchandise for the purpose of establishing See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade relations between India and Central Asia, Moorcroft See also:

• LEFT

left Josimath, well within the mountains, on the 26th of May 1812 . Proceeding along the valley of the Dauli, they reached the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit of the frontier pass of Niti on the 1st of See also:

• JULY

July . Descending by the towns of Darba and See also:

• GARTOK

Gartok, Moorcroft struck the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main upper See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• INDUS

Indus near its source, and on the 5th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August arrived at the sacked See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake of Manasarowar . Returning by See also:

• BHUTAN

Bhutan, he was detained some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time by the Ghurkas, and reached See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November . This journey only served to whet Moorcroft's appetite for more extensive travel, for which he prepared the way by sending out a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• HINDU

Hindu, who succeeded in making extensive explorations . In company with him and See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Trebeck, Moorcroft set out on his second journey in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1819 . On the 14th of August the source of the See also:

• BEAS

Beas (Hyphasis) was discovered, and subsequently that of the See also:

• CHENAB (the Greek Acesines)

Chenab .

See also:

• LEH

Leh, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of Ladakh, was reached on the 24th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, and here several months were spent in exploring the surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . A commercial treaty was concluded with the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of Ladakh, by which the whole of Central Asia was virtually opened to See also:

• BRITISH

British trade . See also:

• KASHMIR, or CASHMERE

Kashmir was reached on the 3rd of November 1822, See also:

• JALALABAD, or JELLALABAD

Jalalabad on the 4th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1824, See also:

• KABUL

Kabul on the loth of June, and See also:

• BOKHARA (Bokhara-i-Sherif)
• BOKHARA, or BUKHARA (the common central Asian pronunciation is Bukhara)

Bokhara on the 25th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1825 . At See also:

• ANDKHUI

Andkhui, in Afghan See also:

• TURKESTAN
• TURKESTAN, or HAZRET

Turkestan, Moorcroft was seized with See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever, of which he died on the 27th of August 1825, Trebeck surviving him only a few days . But according to the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

Abbe See also:

• HUE

Hue, Moorcroft reached See also:

• LHASA (LIIASSA, LASSA, " God's ground ")

Lhasa in 1826, and lived there twelve years, being assassinated en his way back to India in 1838 . In 1841 See also:

• MOOR

Moor-See also:

• CROFT (or CROFTS), WILLIAM (1678–1727)
• CROFT, SIR HERBERT
• CROFT, SIR JAMES (d. 1590)

croft's papers were obtained by the See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic Society, and published, under the editorship of H, H . See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

Wilson, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Travels in the Himalayan Provinces of Hindustan and the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab, in Ladakh and Kashmir, in Peshawur, Kabul, See also:

• KUNDUZ

Kunduz and Bukhara, from 1819 to 1825 . See See also:

• GRAHAM, SIR GERALD (1831–1899)
• GRAHAM, SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE
• GRAHAM, SYLVESTER (1794-1851)
• GRAHAM, THOMAS (1805-1869)

Graham Sandberg, The Exploration of See also:

• TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet (1904) .