Chinese Central Asia: The Travel Writings of Henry Lansdell

ISBN-13: 9781784538101 / Angielski / Pudełko z zestawem (boxed set) / 2020

Henry Lansdell

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Henry Lansdell was one of the great travellers of the Victorian age. Unlike many explorers of the time he refused to see these remote lands as simply regions of thrills and barbarity. His cultural openness and scrupulous attention to detail combined to provide detailed accounts free from the usual racial and religious prejudices found in the works of the day. As a result his writing is of immense value. Chinese Central Asia details Lansdell's journey across the Tian Shan Mountains and into Western China, a journey of some 9,000 miles in all. He offers detailed descriptions of the people, their history and religion, their crafts and customs, modes of dress, natural history, trade and medicine. The two volumes provide the first account of Chinese Turkestan and contain an extensive bibliography of more than 750 books on Central Asia.

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Contents Volume 1 New Introduction Preface Introduction 1. From London to Moscow 2. From Moscow to the Caspian 3. From the Caspian to Merv 4. From Merv to Oxus 5. Bokhara 6. Samarkand 7. Tashkend 8. From Tashkend to Issik-Kul 9. From Issik-Kul to Vierny 10. Vierny after an Earthquake 11. From Vierny to the Chinese Frontier 12. Manchuria, Mongolia, Sungaria 13. Chinese Official Preliminaries 14. Preparations at Kuldja 15. From Kuldja to the Pass of Chapchal 16. The Tekes Valley 17. Up the Muz-Tag Mountains 18. Over the Muz-Davan or Ice Pass 19. Down the Muzart Valley 20. From Muzart-Kurgan to Aksu 21. Chinese Turkistan 22. Our Stay at Aksu 23. The Sources of our Knowledge of Chinese Central Asia 24. From Aksu to Maralbashi 25. The Inhabitants of Chinese Turkistan 26. From Maralbashi to Kashgar 27. Our Stay at Kashgar Appendix: Chronology of Chinese Central Asia Volume 2 28. The Pamirs and Regions Adjoining 29. On Sundries Zoological 30. From Kashgar to Yengi Hissar 31. The History of Chinese Turkistan 32. From Yengi Hissar to Yarkand 33. Buddhism and Other Early Religions in Chinese Turkistan 34. Our Stay in Yarkand 35. Early Christianity in Chinese Central Asia 36. From Yarkand to Karghalik 37. From Karghalik to Khotan 38.The Kingdom of Khotan 39. Our Stay in Khotan 40. Muhammadanism and the Present religious Condition of Chinese Turkistan 41. From Khotan to Kilian 42. Some Remarks on the Political Condition of Chinese Turkistan 43. From Kilian to Shahidula 44. Concerning Great Tibet 45. Our Knowledge of, and Relations with, Tibet 46. A Journey in Little Tibet 47. A Missionary View of Chinese Turkistan 48. Plans Concerning Lassa 49. The Journey Homewards 50. A Successful Failure Index to the volumes