William John Gill, Henry Yule

The River of Golden Sand - Volume 1

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An 1880 report describing an expedition from Chengdu, China along the eastern edge of Tibet to Bhamo in northern Burma.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 534
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 745g
• ISBN-13: 9781108019538
• ISBN-10: 1108019536
• Artikelnr.: 30525020

Inhaltsangabe

Introductory essay Henry Yule; 1. 'Over the seas and far away'; 2. 'China's stupendous mound'; 3. 'Athwart the flats and rounding gray'; 4. 'A cycle of Cathay'; 5. The ocean river; 6. The gorges of the Great River; 7. Ch'ung
Ch'ing to Ch'êng
Tu
Fu; 8. A loop
cast towards the Northern Alps. I. Ch'êng
Tu to Sung
P'an
T'ing; 9. A loop
cast towards the Northern Alps continued. II. Sung
P'an
T'ing back to Ch'êng
Tu.