print email comment close Imaging Everest URL: http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/ Description: "To mark the anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953," the Royal Geographical Society has created an exhibition of photographs taken on the nine Mount Everest expeditions between 1921 and 1953. The site presents an online version of the exhibit and includes biographies of expedition members and illustrated essays on topics such as the history of Everest, descriptions of expeditions, religion in Tibet and Nepal, and Sherpas. Publisher: Royal Geographical Society; Institute of British Geographers Extra Keywords Mt. Everest, Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay Library of Congress Subject Headings: Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Mountaineering Mountaineers Mountains -- Photographs LII Database Information: Record 2362 created by Sybil Finemel on 09/01/2003 Last modification on 09/03/2003 Published: 09/01/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2362