CAMPS AND TRAILS IN CHINA: A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in L
by ANDREWS, Roy C. et al
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New York 1925, Appleton. Blue cloth, very good,2 maps, 58 bw photos. The record of the Asiatic Zoological Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History to China in 1916-17. A fascinating account which includes anthropological work with the Yun-nan tribes, cave of bats, hunting big game,Blue Tiger, Ta-Li Fu, Li-Chiang, camping, Gorals, Snow Mountain Temple, through unmapped territory, Tibet, Mekong River, missionary encounters, tropics, Nam-ting River, hunting mon- key, the Shans of Burma, peacock hunting, gibbons of Ho-mu- shu, Serow and Sambur. * A wonderful essay, and exciting adventure, vivid & exotic. Co-author was Yvettte B. Andrews. * Roy Chapman was the leader of the expedition, supported by the American Museum of Natural history, in cooperation with "Asia Magazine." He was also the role model for "Indiana Jones" character. . See us for others by Roy Chapman. With an introductory chapter by Henry F. Osborn, President of the American Museum of Natural History. * .
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- CAMPS AND TRAILS IN CHINA: A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in L
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- ANDREWS, Roy C. et al
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- China: Social Science, Eclectic, All Subjects & Disciplines [no Art]; Tibet: All Items: Land, Her People, Mountains, Culture & Ethnology; Central Asia: Eclectic References On The Region; Women In China: All Related Items; Burma;
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