Across Thibet - Volume 1 : Being a Translation of De Paris au Tonkin a travers le Tibet inconnu

Name: Across Thibet - Volume 1
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108046336
Price: 5300 KES
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ISBN: 9781108046336

by Gabriel Bonvalot

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia

ISBN-10 1108046339

ISBN-13 9781108046336

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 8th, 2012

Print length 236 Pages

Weight 362 grams

Dimensions 22.80 x 15.20 x 1.60 cms

Product Classification: Asian history Asian history Geographical discovery & exploration Geographical discovery and exploration

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French explorer, author and legislator Gabriel Bonvalot (1853–1933) undertook several expeditions to Central Asia. This two-volume work, published in 1891, tells of Bonvalot's journey across Europe and Asia to French Indochina in 1889–90. In Volume 1 the expedition reaches Tibet via Russia and Siberia, despite arduous travelling conditions.

The French explorer, author and legislator Gabriel Bonvalot (1853–1933) travelled widely in Central Asia in the 1880s. This two-volume English translation by C. B. Pitman of the 1889–90 French original was published in 1891. It describes Bonvalot's expedition across Europe and Asia to French Indochina. Accompanied by Prince Henri d'Orléans whose father, the Duc of Chartres, financed the expedition, Bonvalot left Paris in July 1889. In Volume 1, the expedition crosses first Russia and then Siberia, making its way south to Tibet. The obstacles encountered are considerable, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees below zero (Bonvalot describes how the fat that the expedition eats for butter is so hard that it may be 'used as a projectile') and altitude sickness affecting many of the party. The volume ends as the party enters Tibet, but without being certain exactly where they are.

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