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Samuel Bourne - Temple at Naveshera, Kashmir, India - 1994.186 - Cleveland Museum of Art

Samuel Bourne - Temple at Naveshera, Kashmir, India - 1994.186 - Cleveland Museum of Art — India

One of the most important British expeditionary photographers, Samuel Bourne was propelled by his great desire to travel to lovely, remote locations and to record images of what he considered picturesque. From 1863 to 1869, he worked widely in India, making three major expeditions to the Himalayas.

Photograph by Samuel Bourne

Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya, is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than 100 peaks exceeding elevations of 7,200 m (23,600 ft) above sea level lie in the Himalayas.

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