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Alexandra David-Néel: The 19th Century Parisian Anarchist who Explored Tibet
Disguised as a beggar to avoid betrayal, and walking more than 2,000 km in the fierce Himalayan winter, the French orientalist eventually reached the forbidden capital Lhasa on February 23rd, 1924.