Alexandra David-Néel: from Sikkim to Forbidden Tibet

Before 1923, Tibet was represented on the maps by a white spot. Alexandra David-Néel will be the first to draw this hidden face of the world. Alexandra David-Néel was the first Westerner to enter Lhasa, the forbidden city.

This achievement made her world famous. Through the picturesque and touching testimony of Marie-Madeleine Peyronnet, her last governess, who follows in her footsteps, live the story of this extraordinary explorer, who died at the age of 101, just after having her passport renewed.

Видео Alexandra David-Néel: from Sikkim to Forbidden Tibet канала Elena Khong