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Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, Volume One - 1844-1846 (Hardcover)
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Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, Volume One - 1844-1846 (Hardcover)
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First published in 1928.
'To read it is like seeing the scenes described' Evening
Standard
'One of the world's best travel books' Spectator 'The work remains
a classic worthy of reproduction' The Times
Published to critical acclaim and well known for many years
afterwards this account of the journey across Mongolia to Lhasa in
the early nineteenth century owes much of its success to the
literary skills of its authors, made available in English for the
first time by William Hazlitt and Paul Pelliot.
Among other topics the chapters cover: The French mission of
Peking, Tartar manners and customs, festivals, an interview with a
Tibetan Lama, the flooding of the Yellow River, Tartar veterinary
surgeons, irrigation projects, comparative studies between
Catholicism and Buddhism, war between two living Buddhas, and the
Chinese account of Tibet.
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