George Trebeck (1800–1825) was born in
Middlesex, England
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in the year 1800. He moved to
Calcutta,
West Bengal circa 1815 with his father Charles Trebeck and brother of the same name. George Trebeck, who was trained as a solicitor, was recruited by
William Moorcroft at the age of 19 as his
geographer and draftsman and second-in-charge of an expedition to Central Asia, ostensibly to find horses. Along with Moorcroft, Trebeck travelled through the Himalayan provinces of
United Provinces, the
Punjab,
Ladakh,
Kashmir
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Peshawar,
Kabul,
Kunduz and
Bokhara. They were unable to purchase horses. During the return journey, both Moorcroft and Trebeck died of illness, Trebeck a few months after Moorcroft in late 1825, in
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An abridged version of the journals of Moorcroft and Trebeck was published posthumously in London in 1841. Called ''Travels in the Himalayan Provinces of Hindustan and the Punjab in Ladakh and Kashmir in Peshawar, Kabul, Kunduz and Bokhara From 1819 to 1825'' (in two volumes), it remains the sole literary legacy of the duo.
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Further reading
# Phillimore III page 508
# George Trebeck's Will held in the East India Centre, British Library, St Pancras, London, England 'Indexes to Wills - Bengal, 1780–1909' IOR reference: L/AG/34/29/1-154
# George Trebeck's Burial Record East India Register, East India Centre, British Library, St Pancras, London, England
# The Moorcroft Collection, East India Centre, British Library, St Pancras, London, England MSS EUR/F 37 (Private Papers)
Families in British India Society
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# Travels in the Himalayan Provinces of Hindustan and the Punjab in Ladakh and Kashmir in Peshawar, Kabul, Kunduz and Bokhara From 1819 to 1825 Volume II by William Moorcroft and George Trebeck, Publisher:Elibron Classics
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1800 births
1825 deaths
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