Crossing the Desert of Death
Through the Fearsome Taklamakan
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2000
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John Murray Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7195-6020-0 (ISBN)
John Murray Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7195-6020-0 (ISBN)
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This volume retraces the adventures of Charles Blackmore and his companions as they cross the Taklamakan desert, overcomng both scorching heat and bitter cold, surviving dysentry and water shortages and relentlessly attacking the endless and intimidating sand dunes.
For centuries, the "Silk Road" skirted the edge of the Taklamakan desert to north and south, following the lines of the isolated oasis towns. The Taklamakan was to the Chinese, "the desert of death", which "you go in but you never come out". This volume retraces the adventures of Charles Blackmore and his companions as they cross the Taklamakan, overcoming both scorching heat and bitter cold, surviving dysentry and water shortages and relentlessly attacking the endless and intimidating sand dunes.
For centuries, the "Silk Road" skirted the edge of the Taklamakan desert to north and south, following the lines of the isolated oasis towns. The Taklamakan was to the Chinese, "the desert of death", which "you go in but you never come out". This volume retraces the adventures of Charles Blackmore and his companions as they cross the Taklamakan, overcoming both scorching heat and bitter cold, surviving dysentry and water shortages and relentlessly attacking the endless and intimidating sand dunes.
Charles Blackmore read archaeology at university before spending fourteen years as an army officer. He now works in a merchant bank. His first book, "In the Footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia," was published in 1986. He has travelled extensively and led three significant expeditions. He lives in Hampshire with his wife and three sons.
The lure of the Taklamakan; the planning; the send-of; entering the desert; dysentery and the Sand Mountain; the Silk Road; triumph over Hedin; Mazartagh; the Chinese prison camp; all men dream; the Uyghurs; water crisis; discovering an ancient site; the Chinese; no more star-gazing; coping with Suleiman; a costly error; camp of death; a sinister twist; a desert conquered.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.9.2000 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | photographs, map |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 18 mm |
| Gewicht | 235 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7195-6020-9 / 0719560209 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7195-6020-0 / 9780719560200 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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