Description: On Ancient Central Asian Tracks Aurel Stein Product Overview Pages: 253 Preface This book is meant to present a succinct account of the explorations, antiquarian and geographical, which I had the good fortune to carry out in Chinese Turkistan and adjacent parts of innermost Asia. The years spent on hard travel in those little-known regions, difficult of access and trying in their physical features, remain among the happiest memories of my life. But more strenuous still and longer were the years needed for the elaboration of the abundant scientific results which my three Central-Asian expeditions had yielded. By the publication of personal narratives on the first two journeys and of eleven heavy quarto volumes of detailed reports on all three, I may well believe my duty done in the matter of record. But with the exception of Rains of Desert Cathay, containing a full account of the personal experiences on my second expedition (1906-08), all the above publications have long ago passed out of print and are now difficult to secure. Since the last of those labors were disposed of, fully twenty-seven years after my return from the first journey, I have been free to turn to new fields of archeological exploration farther south. But my recollections of those fruitful years spent in the deserts and mountains of innermost Asia are still as fresh and cherished as before. So when the President of Harvard University kindly invited me to deliver a course of lectures at the Lowell Institute, Boston, I gladly availed myself of the opportunity offered to describe the travels and discoveries of those years in a condensed form suited for a wider public. Considering the great extent and varied character of the explorations, it would have been still more difficult to achieve the requisite condensation had I not been able adequately to illustrate my account of them on the screen. This need made itse Read more Details Publisher : South Asia Books; 1998th edition (May 1, 1998) Language : English Paperback : 252 pages ISBN-10 : 8173031088 ISBN-13 : 83 Item Weight : 8.8 ounces Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches Best Sellers Rank: #10,333,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #6,761 in General Asia Travel Books #50,721 in Ancient Civilizations #6,761 in General Asia Travel Books #50,721 in Ancient Civilizations Stock Photos Please Note: All of our book listings use stock photos unless otherwise stated. Please read our descriptions for accurate conditions and editions, don't use the photos! Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 8173031088
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Publisher: Book Faith India
Topic: Asia / General, Asia / China
Book Title: On Central Asian Tracks : Brief Narrative of Three Expeditions in Innermost Asia and Northwestern China
Number of Pages: 284 Pages
Language: English
Genre: Travel
Item Weight: 8.8 Oz
Item Length: 8.3 in
Author: Aurel Stein
Item Width: 5.5 in
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