THE MYSTERY RIVERS OF TIBET: A Description of the Little-Known Land Where Asia's
by KINGDON-WARD, F
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London [1986], Cadogan. Stiff yellow wrs., very good, 4 maps 316p., index, appendix, reprint of the 1922 edition. This expedition began in 1913, and followed the Yangtze- Mekong divide. With commentary on the region, its ethnology, social inter-relationships, religions, land use, natural produce, plant life &c. * An excellent primary source & record of his plant hunting and discoveries in this fascinating and most remote area. With appendix. * The work begins with the journey from the Kachin Hills to China; across the Chung-tien plateau; flowers & glaciers; the meadows of Do-kar-la; Ka-kar-po the Sacred Mountain; plant hunting on the sierra; by the Turquoise Lake; with the pilgrims to Do-kar-la; start for Tibet; the Yu River; on the road to the Salween; dwarfs and slaves; amongst the Lutzu; Lisu and Nung; the road to the Taron; the Monsoon Salween; back to Tra-mu-tang; through the Granite Gorge; the rise of the T'sa-wa-rong; the end of the journey. * .
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- China: Social Science, Eclectic, All Subjects & Disciplines [no Art]; Frank Francis Kingdon-ward: Celebrated Asian Plant Hunter & Botanist; Tibet: All Items: Land, Her People, Mountains, Culture & Ethnology; Botany In China; Burma;
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