Évariste Régis Huc

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French Catholic missionary, one of the earliest explorers of Tibet (1813-1860)

France Historical FiguresLived 1813 to 1860 · aged 46

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, also known as the Abbé Huc was a French Catholic priest, Lazarite missionary, and traveller. He became famous for his accounts of Qing-era China, Mongolia, and especially the then-almost-unknown Tibet in his book Remembrances of a Journey in Tartary, Tibet, and China.

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Map of Huc & Gabet's journey through China, Mongolia, and Tibet, from the 2nd edition of Huc's Souvenirs.[b]

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1853Knight of the Legion of Honour

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Évariste Régis Huc, C.M., also known as the Abbé Huc was a French Catholic priest, Lazarite missionary, and traveller. He became famous for his accounts of Qing-era China, Mongolia, and especially the then-almost-unknown Tibet in his book Remembrances of a Journey in Tartary, Tibet, and China. He and his companion Joseph Gabet were the first Europeans who had reached Lhasa since Thomas Manning in 1812.

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