The River of Golden Sand 2 Volume Set

The Narrative of a Journey through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah

William John Gill, Henry Yule (Autoren)

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1039 Seiten

2010
Cambridge University Press
9781108019569 (ISBN)

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William Gill was an explorer and officer in the Royal Engineers, who used his large inheritance to finance explorations of remote countries. This two volume work, published in 1880, describes Gill's expedition through Sichuan and along the eastern edge of Tibet to the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy in Burma.

William Gill (1843–1883) was an explorer and commissioned officer in the Royal Engineers. After inheriting a fortune from a distant relative in 1871, Gill decided to remain in the Army and use his inheritance to finance explorations of remote countries, satisfying his love of travel and gathering intelligence for the British government. He was awarded a gold medal by the Royal Geographical Society in 1879 for his scientific observations on his expeditions. This two volume work, first published in 1880, is Gill's account of his expedition from Chengdu, China through Sichuan, along the eastern edge of Tibet via Litang, to Bhamo in Burma, a region little explored by westerners before him. Gill describes in vivid detail the cultures, societies and settlements of the region, and their political and economic systems.

Volume 1: 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. Volume 2: 1. 'A rich and noble city'; 2. The ancient marches of Tibet; 3. 'The arrow furnace forge'; 4. The Great Plateau. I. Ta-Chien-Lu to Lit'ang; 5. The Great Plateau continued. II. Lit'ang to Bat'ang; 6. Region of the River of Golden Sand. I. Bat'ang to Sha-Lu; 7. Region of the River of Golden Sand continued. II. Sha-Lu to Ta-Li-Fu; 8. In the footsteps of Marco Polo and of Augustus Margary. I. The Land of the Gold-Teeth; 9. In the footsteps of Marco Polo and of Augustus Margary continued. II. The marches of the Kingdom of Mien; Appendices; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.9.2010
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
Zusatzinfo	10 Maps; 4 Halftones, black and white; 12 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	1410 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-13	9781108019569 / 9781108019569
Zustand	Neuware